->''If I could do it again, I would. As long as people feel something, that's the great thing. It's when they are walking around '''not''' thinking and '''not''' feeling, that's tough. When you get a mob like that, you can turn them into the sort of gang that Hitler had.''
-->--'''Patrick [=McGoohan=]''' in 1984, on the outrage that followed the series finale

->'''Number Two''': ''[about Number Six]'' He can make even the act of putting on his dressing gown appear as a gesture of defiance.\\
'''Number Fourteen''': There are methods we haven't used yet, of course.\\
'''Number Two''': I want him with a whole heart, body and soul.\\
'''Number Fourteen''': He'll crack.\\
'''Number Two''': Perhaps. One tiny piece at a time. I don't want a man of fragments!\\
...\\
'''Number Fourteen''': He doesn't even ''bend'' a little.\\
'''Number Two''': That's why he'll break. He only needs ''one'' small thing. If he will answer one simple question, the rest will follow: ''Why did he resign?''
-->''The Chimes of Big Ben''

->'''Number Two:''' I am definitely an optimist. That's why it doesn't matter ''who'' Number One is. It doesn't matter which "side" runs the Village.\\
'''Number Six:''' It's run by one side or the other.\\
'''Number Two:''' Oh, certainly, but both sides are becoming identical. What in fact has been created is an international community -- a perfect blueprint for world order. When the sides facing each other suddenly realize that they're looking into a mirror, they will see that ''this'' is the pattern for the future.\\
'''Number Six:''' The whole world as the Village?\\
'''Number Two:''' That is my dream. What's yours?\\
'''Number Six:''' I'd like to be [[TakeAThirdOption the first man on the moon]].
-->''The Chimes of Big Ben''

->'''Nadia:''' Thank you, Mister...?\\
'''Number Six:''' Sorry, no names. ''I'' am Number 6. ''You'' are Number 8.
-->''The Chimes of Big Ben''

->''I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!''
-->'''Number Six'''
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