Mon Mothma Quotes

“At the age of fifteen, during the winter when she’d discovered smashball, romance, and her parents’ profound imperfections, Mon Mothma had decided to devote her life to studying history; decided to turn her back on her family’s political dynasty and to spend her days in a cramped study reading thousand-year-old diaries and letters and cargo manifests until her eyes burned. She would be detective, coroner, and philosopher all at once, examining means and motive and cause of death for entire civilizations.
She hadn’t become a historian, of course. By the next summer, Mon’s moment of rebellion had been forgotten. Inertia and family pressures and a genuine love of governance had returned her to the road to politics. She’d gone on to become a senator (far too young, she thought now) and scrabbled for votes and smiled and kept her head above water until she’d learned how to play the game for real.”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

“She was hard-pressed, but she’d never been one to surrender when the odds were against her.”
― Alexander Freed, The Mask of Fear

“To truly uphold democracy is an act of humility. Democracy is the choice to accept that one’s most cherished beliefs and foundational principles may not win the day. It is a willing abnegation where we bequeath power to those we may view as wrongheaded, unfit, or abominable. It is the paradox of holding true to ourselves, even as we accept when the vote goes against us and the desires of others prevail.”
― alexander freed, The Mask of Fear

“You say I have a track record of errors. Perhaps that is true. Time and again I’ve been tested, along with all of us, and my victories have been few.
But I have survived. I have come back from every failure.”
― Alexander Freed, The Mask of Fear

“Bravery’s more common than we often believe.”
― Alexander Freed, The Mask of Fear