135 Movie Quotes about Bad Leaders (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Nov 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about bad leaders, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Well, she simply said that you're a fat, pompous, bad-tempered old tyrant.

Sterling Holloway as Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

2 Remember back to your early teachings. All who gain power are afraid to lose it. Even the Jedi.

Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

3 He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power. Which eventually, of course, he did.

Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

4 He used to say that artists used lies to tell the truth, while politicians used them to cover the truth up.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

5 And he saw corruption everywhere except within.

Tom Hulce as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6 World domination. That same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Napoleon or God.

Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No

7 And instead of fleeing into the hills, you chose to return to me and report your incompetence?

Tim Curry as The Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker

8 I want every last villager, fairy and general troublemaker rounded up to witness this display of my absolute power.

Tim Curry as The Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker

9 This crown gives me a feeling of power! Power!

Brian Bedford as Robin Hood in Robin Hood (1973)

10 To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word so that young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job.

Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding in The Shawshank Redemption

135 Movie Quotes about Bad Leaders (+ Sound Clips)

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