Nicholas and Alexandra1971

[Kerensky is conferring with several foreign ambassadors observing the Duma]

Alexander Kerensky:
[to the British ambassador] Not quite the way you do it in your Parliament. We haven't English manners yet.

British Ambassador:
My government is more concerned with content than the style. One detects a certain sentiment for peace. That worries us.

Alexander Kerensky:
It's mostly the Bolsheviks. Nobody pays any attention to them. They only have six members in the Duma.

U.S. Ambassador:
In your position, I would put this Lenin quietly in jail.

Alexander Kerensky:
On what pretext?

U.S. Ambassador:
I have read his speeches. Surely you have, too.

Alexander Kerensky:
I cannot put a man in jail for what he thinks! It's in your Bill of Rights.

U.S. Ambassador:
He wants to overthrow the government by force. We Americans call that treason.

Alexander Kerensky:
In Russia, it's been too easy to lock a man up because he disagrees with you. It's a bad habit. If the people want Lenin, they can vote him into power in December. Until that time... [sees the speaker stepping from the podium] Rodzianko's finished. I must speak now.

U.S. Ambassador:
I trust I've made my government's position clear. America wants Russia in the war.

British Ambassador:
The British government is equally worried about the peace demonstrations.

French Ambassador:
No more than France. Russia's contribution is vital to the Allied cause.

U.S. Ambassador:
Let me be blunt, Mr. Kerensky: We're offering you three hundred million dollars if you fight. No war, no loan.

Alexander Kerensky:
[annoyed] You cannot buy Russia. We will fight because we've already sacrificed too much.