“Alexis: Why did you abdicate for me? Why? You didn't even ask.” – Nicholas & Alexandra ... Movie Quotes Database

Alexis: Why did you abdicate for me? Why? You didn't even ask.
Nicholas: I didn't want you to pay for my mistakes.
Alexis: Am I not paying for them now? Aren't all of us? I should have had a chance. The right to live my own life, make my own decisions. I could have tried to help Russia, help Mother and my sisters, and perhaps even you. I could have been a Romanov. A czar.
Nicholas: It all went wrong. I hardly know why or how.
Alexis: Instead, I just bleed. It's my fate. I bleed.

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Tsar Nicholas II The boy will bring us luck. It has all changed. I have a son to fight for now. We will smash the Japanese and drive them from Korea and I do not care what the cost will be! Tsar Nicholas II The Russia my father gave me never lost a war. What shall I say to my son when his time comes? That I was weak? That I had no pride? We shall fight on to victory. Alexandra Tell them they are mistaken. Tell them we shall go to other doctors. Tell them to get out! My son is perfect! He will lead a long life, and grow up to be a great Tsar, like his father!