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Professor Snape
The Minister of Magic. He's a short and portly man who, at the beginning of the novel, Harry believes is a kindly if bumbling sort of man. He greets Harry warmly at the Quidditch World Cup and doesn't appear to bear any ill will towards the Weasleys, though he does think highly of the Malfoy family. However, after the third task, Harry learns that Fudge is obsessed with power and maintaining his position as Minister of Magic at all costs. Fudge refuses to believe Harry that Voldemort has returned and demonstrates how gullible he is when he doesn't deny that he came to this conclusion thanks to Rita Skeeter's articles. He also shows that he's prejudiced at several points throughout the novel, as when he suggests that Madame Maxime is to blame for attacking Viktor Krum (on account of Maxime being half-giant) and when he says that he doesn't trust Harry because Harry is a Parselmouth. Fudge makes it abundantly clear at the novel's close that what's most important to him is maintaining his own comfortable sense of reality and not allowing Dumbledore or Harry to disseminate the truth, as he promises to take control of Hogwarts and what Dumbledore teaches.
Cornelius Fudge Quotes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Cornelius Fudge or refer to Cornelius Fudge . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Thirty-Six
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"For heaven's sake, Dumbledore--the boy was full of some crackpot story at the end of last year too--his tales are getting taller, and you're still swallowing them--the boy can talk to snakes, Dumbledore, and you think he's trustworthy?"
"You fool!" Professor McGonagall cried. "Cedric Diggory! Mr. Crouch! These deaths were not the random work of a lunatic!"
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"The second step you must take--and at once," Dumbledore pressed on, "is to send envoys to the giants."
"Envoys to the giants?" Fudge shrieked, finding his tongue again. "What madness is this?"
"Extend the hand of friendship, now, before it is too late," said Dumbledore, "or Voldemort will persuade them, as he did before, that he alone among wizards will give them their rights and their freedom!"
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Cornelius Fudge Quotes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Cornelius Fudge or refer to Cornelius Fudge . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Thirty-Six
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"For heaven's sake, Dumbledore--the boy was full of some crackpot story at the end of last year too--his tales are getting taller, and you're still swallowing them--the boy can talk to snakes, Dumbledore, and you think he's trustworthy?"
"You fool!" Professor McGonagall cried. "Cedric Diggory! Mr. Crouch! These deaths were not the random work of a lunatic!"
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"The second step you must take--and at once," Dumbledore pressed on, "is to send envoys to the giants."
"Envoys to the giants?" Fudge shrieked, finding his tongue again. "What madness is this?"
"Extend the hand of friendship, now, before it is too late," said Dumbledore, "or Voldemort will persuade them, as he did before, that he alone among wizards will give them their rights and their freedom!"
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