- Vilgot Sjöman: Do you have to have a religious belief to take part in a non-violent movement?
- Martin Luther King: No, not necessarily.
- Vilgot Sjöman: If you find that a person cannot stand being attacked, what do you do with him? Do you speak to him and explain to him that he cannot be with you any longer?
- Martin Luther King: Well, we always discourage those who cannot be subjected to attack - the one who would retaliate with violence - not to participate in a demonstration. The rules are very rigid in a non-violent movement and we feel that a person who can't take it - a person who cannot submit himself to violence if it comes to him and who would retaliate with violence - should not at all participate and so we discourage that person completely.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I like him. He talks about better things than Palme.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: What would the rest of you do if we were invaded?
- Boy in Uniform: Not give up. Sweden doesn't give up. And ignore all radio messages saying Sweden's been defeated.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Is that what you learn?
- Boy in Uniform: It's in the book, "In Case of War". It was sent to everybody.
- Magnus, Lena's school friend: Are there any interesting social cases here? People in sleazy flats? People with unpaid dental bills? Drug cases will do, too. I work for "Expressen" the paper with a sting. My paper is planning a conservative victory in the '68 elections. We're doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases.
- Self - Minister of Transport: I have found this problem of a class system in Sweden to be a tough one.
- Vilgot Sjöman: What is your own background?
- Self - Minister of Transport: I come from a middle-class family. You read, you see what's happening, and suddenly a pattern emerges. This happened to me between the ages of 15 and 20, when I observed American society.
- Vilgot Sjöman: You traveled in the States? When?
- Self - Minister of Transport: In '47-'48. I hitchhiked. Through 34 states. Three months with no money. I've been influenced by a lot of things I've read. Fiction has enormous political importance, and political economics and visual impressions. It's a good mixture.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Do you see that guy? His name is Magnus. He's an actor. He'd be great as the slave.
- Vilgot Sjöman: Him?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I could have a love scene with him.
- Vilgot Sjöman: What kind of love scene?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Just a quickie, you know.
- Vilgot Sjöman: Well...
- Vilgot Sjöman: I smuggled Lena into my bed. She doesn't dare tell her mom she's spending the night with me. Her mom thinks she's spending the night with a girlfriend. Bergman always used to say it's bad to fall for your star. You get blind to her affectations. It never happened to him, though.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I had to start my own business because they don't do anything. Newspapers work too fast and can't be trusted. Science works far too slow and gets no results. You have to do it yourself.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I tried the shower yesterday.
- Ulla: Yeah? How did it work?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Its didn't.
- Ulla: Did you hold it the right way?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I held it the way you told me to.
- Ulla: Why not try a vacuum cleaner? I know a girl who does.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: No, I prefer using a vibrator.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: You're crazy! You want a girl in your film and a girl in your bed, don't you? And if you can combine the two, all the better, right?
- Vilgot Sjöman: So what? Don't you want the leading role and someone in bed, too? So who is using whom?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Okay, but no on the same terms.
- Rune Nyman: Think of all the blind people there are in this country. We just keep sending money to the underdeveloped countries. Why don't we see to our own house first? We should do that first, before we start talking about other countries.
- Vilgot Sjöman: Foreigners tend to think that we're far ahead of everyone else. Are we?
- Mårten Palme: Compared to other countries, yes. And compared to Sweden's situation 30-40 years ago, too. But we haven't come far in making our dream of an egalitarian society come true. Most of the work is yet to be done.
- Börje: You were great! Fantastic!
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: How many have you slept with?
- Börje: I never counted. Have you?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Twenty-three. But the first 19 are no fun.
- Börje: What are these boxes?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: My files.
- Börje: What does "R" stand for?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Religion.
- Börje: There's not much in it.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: It's new.
- Börje: "M", then?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Men.
- Börje: Men. Do you collect men?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I used to.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: [naked, after sex] Do you have a driver's license?
- Börje: Yes.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Did you take First Communion?
- Börje: Yes.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Could you consider being a C.O.?
- Börje: Yes. How can you sleep with these pictures above your head?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Should women earn as much as men?
- Börje: No.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Same sexual freedom?
- Börje: Yes.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Are you married or single?
- Börje: Single.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Should the church be separated from the state?
- Börje: No.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Should the monarchy be abolished?
- Börje: No.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: How did you last vote?
- Börje: Conservative.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: And before that?
- Börje: Liberal.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Does Sweden have a class system?
- Börje: No, absolutely not.
- King Gustaf Adolf: Is it chilly out?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: No, Your Majesty. Swedish summer.
- King Gustaf Adolf: A bit chilly, then.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: A bit.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Listen, Martin! I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough. But that's the way it is. Borje is a big shit, and I'm gonna kill him when I get hold of him! You said yourself: "If you can't adhere to nonviolence, you shouldn't participate." You need people who are strong. I won't ever speak for your ideas again.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: We've had kings for a billion years. How does it feel to be the last one?
- King Gustaf Adolf: Give me a moment. I'll think of an answer. Yes, it's like this. What's important is not to confuse the individual with his task. That is a lesson we all must learn. I've endeavored all my life to be objective about myself. I have really made an effort. But, sometimes it's very difficult.
- Börje: You said you'd slept with 23.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: The first 19 were no fun.
- Börje: Why?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: I only did it to satisfy them, so that they would have an orgasm. I couldn't believe anybody would like me, the way I look, with my drooping breasts, my big stomach, all my fat.
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: The sixth commandment?
- Börje: What is it?
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: You shall not spread VD, give birth to unwanted kids, or commit rape. Practice birth control. There are far too many babies being born. Otherwise, you may engage freely in sexual intercourse, masturbation...
- Börje: Masturbation...
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Pornography...
- Börje: Pornography...
- Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Everything your animal nature might suggest to you.
- Börje: Everything it might suggest!
- Vilgot Sjöman: This country's like a duck pond. It just goes quack, quack, quack.
- Marie: We haven't trained our political reactions, see. Every Swede who votes is full of ideas he doesn't dare express.
- Vilgot Sjöman: You're cute when you get excited.
- Swedish Tourist returning from Spain: We have a dictatorship here, too, when a bottle of whiskey costs 50 crowns. That's a form of dictatorship, too!
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