Number Six quotes from The Prisoner

And remember.. you're mine.

Number Six

Really?

Be horrible to other women.

Number Six

I promise.

Oh, thank you.

Number Six

Elections? In this place?

Of course--we make our choice every 12 months. Every citizen has a choice. Are you going to run?

Number Six

Like blazes, the first chance I get.

I meant run for office.

Number Six

Whose?

Mine, for instance.

Number Six

You have a very delicate sense of humor.

Naturally. Humor is the very essence of a democratic society.

Number Six

What physically happens if I win?!

You're the boss.

Number Six

Number One's the boss.

Join me. [They enter Number Six's house] If you win Number One will no longer be a mystery to you, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I'll introduce you properly and see how you feel after assessing the madding crowd.

Good people, it is my pleasure to present to you the one and only Number Six!

Rah!

Number Six

I am not a number. I am a person.

Number Six

In some place, at some time, all of you held positions of a secret nature, and had knowledge that was invaluable to an enemy. Like me, you are here to have that knowledge protected or extracted.

That's the stuff to give them.

Number Six

Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment and will die here like rotten cabbages.

Keep going. They love it.

Number Six

The rest of you have gone over to the side of our keepers. Which is which? How many of each? Who's standing beside you now? I intend to discover who are the prisoners and who are the warders. I shall be running for office in this election.

"Gave up sugar four years and three months ago on medical advice." That shows you're afraid.

Number Six

What?

You're afraid of death.

Number Six

I'm afraid of nothing.

You're afraid of yourself. You are aware of that? Good, you are honest. That is of use here. Honesty attracts confidence and confidences are the core of our business.

Number Twelve

You know what, why don't we settle this like gentlemen?

Number Six

You're claiming to be a gentleman too?

Number Twelve

Oh very good, very good indeed. That line is very worthy of me.

Number Twelve

What the devil...?

Number Twelve

[chuckles] Oh, very good. Very good indeed. One of Number Two's little ideas, I suppose? Where did they get you? A people's copying service, or you're one of those double agents we hear so much about these days?

Number Six

[not amused] Since you've gone through so much trouble, the least I can do is... offer you a drink.

Number Twelve

Scotch. [they enter the lounge] I take it I'm supposed to go all fuzzy round the edges and run off into the distance screaming "Who am I?"

Number Six

Probably. I have no idea.

Number Twelve

You don't believe it. A university-level degree in three minutes.

Number Six

It's improbable.

Number Twelve

But not impossible.

Number Six

Nothing's impossible in this place.

Number Twelve

You'll find the Professor most interesting.

Number Six

Would I?

Number Twelve

With an extraordinary range of knowledge.

Number Six

The only subject I'm interested in is getting away from this place.

Number Twelve

Exactly.

Number Six

Who are you?

Number Twelve

A cog in the machine.

Allow me to introduce .. The General. All the professor's own work; he gave birth to it and loves it with a passionate love, probably hates it even more. That mass of circuits, my dear fellow, is as revolutionary as nuclear fission. No more wastage in schools: there's no more tedious learning by rote. A brilliantly devised course, delivered by a leading teacher, subliminally learned, checked, and corrected by an infallible authority. And what have we got?

Number Six

A row of cabbages!

Indeed - knowledgeable cabbages.

[after Number Six stumped the machine, causing it to self destruct] What was the question?

Number Six

It's insoluble, to man or machine.

What was it?

Number Six

W - H - Y - Question mark.

"Why?"

Number Six

"Why?"

Number Twelve

Number Two offered you a deal. Don't you trust him?

Number Six

I don't trust Number Two. I don't trust you. I don't trust your tame Professor.

Number Twelve

Who do you trust, Number Six?

Number Six

I trust me.

Number Twelve

Join the club.

Number Six

You must think I'm crazy.

Who isn't these days?

You're a stubborn fellow, Number Six.

Number Six

James, you call me that once again and you're liable for a bout in hospital.

Thorpe

And they're all... numbers? No names. No names at all?

Number Six

Just numbers.

I see.

Number Six

Numbers in a village that is a complete unit of our own society. A place to put people who can't be kept around. People who know too much or too little. A place with many means of breaking a man.