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The Minister of Magic. When Harry meets him after running away from the Dursleys, he finds Fudge to be a very different person than he was expecting: Fudge acts fatherly towards Harry and seems concerned only for Harry's safety. He tries to brush off the discrepancies Harry notices between how he was treated the year before and how he's treated this summer when he breaks the law forbidding underage magic, but Fudge refuses to level with Harry or tell him the truth. Though Fudge, like most other wizards, dislikes the dementors, he sees them as a necessary part of his job and authorizes them to use the Dementor's Kiss on Sirius Black if they find him. When Harry tries to tell Fudge what he discovered about Sirius and clear his name, Fudge is unwilling to listen and remains convinced that his version of events is correct.
Cornelius Fudge Quotes in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 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 Three Quotes
But this didn't tally at all with Harry's past dealings with the Ministry of Magic. "Last year, I got an official warning just because a house-elf smashed a pudding in my uncle's house!" he told Fudge, frowning. "The Ministry of Magic said I'd be expelled from Hogwarts if there was any more magic there!"
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After Fudge sits Harry down for a chat and says nothing about expelling him, Harry points out that he was threatened with expulsion last year for a crime he didn't do. As if it weren't enough that he was blamed for something he didn't do last year, this makes it clear to Harry that his government isn't to be trusted when it comes to evaluating people accused of crimes, doling out fair punishments, or following through when they say they're going to do something. Though it takes Harry much of the novel to connect this realization to Sirius Black's case, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officii
Chapter Four Quotes
"The guards told Fudge that Black's been talking in his sleep for a while now. Always the same words: 'He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts.' Black is deranged, Molly, and he wants Harry's dead. If you ask me, he thinks murdering Harry will bring You-Know-Who back to power. Black lost everything the night Harry stopped You-Know-Who, and he's had twelve years alone in Azkaban to brood on that."
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Harry overhears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley talking about the fact that Sirius Black is after him and wants him dead. At this point, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have no reason not to believe the same story as the rest of the wizarding world, which states that Black was one of Voldemort's followers. Given this belief, it's understandable that Mr. Weasley hears "He's at Hogwarts" and assumes that Black is talking about Harry. However, once Harry learns that Black is actually after Peter Pettigrew, who's spent twelve years in hiding as Ron's rat Scabbers, he realizes that Black is saying that Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempo
Chapter Twenty-One Quotes
"Yes, I do," said Dumbledore quietly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth, or to overrule the Minister of Magic..."
Harry stared up into the grave face and felt as though the ground beneath him were falling sharply away. He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. He had expected Dumbledore to pull some amazing solution out of thin air. But no...their last hope was gone."
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After Dumbledore tells Harry that he can't make Fudge believe the truth, Harry experiences a major coming-of-age moment. While Harry spends much of the novel resenting the adults around him for keeping important information about Sirius Black from him, that doesn't stop him from trusting Dumbledore and believing that Dumbledore is capable of fixing anything. The realization that Dumbledore can't fix this means that, for the first time, Harry has to grapple with the fact that he can't always rely on the adults around him to protect him and put things right, no matter what the truth is. This also Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus ea
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Cornelius Fudge Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The timeline below shows where the character Cornelius Fudge appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Three
...Harry to read. The article reads that Black is still at large and that Cornelius Fudge is facing criticism for telling muggles about Black. It says that wizards are afraid of...
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...something behind Harry. Harry hears a voice say, "There you are, Harry," and sees Cornelius Fudge. Fudge puts his hand on Harry's shoulder, testily thanks Stan for picking Harry up, and...
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Fudge motions for Harry to sit down and introduces himself. Puzzlingly, Fudge says that everyone was...
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Fudge says that the only matter left to discuss is where Harry should stay for the...
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Fudge and Tom return and Fudge makes Harry promise to stay in Diagon Alley. He seems...
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Chapter Four
...Hermione immediately asks about Aunt Marge while Ron howls with laughter. Ron doesn't know why Fudge didn't punish Harry for his transgression—Mr. Weasley works at the ministry and so might have...
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...gives Ron the rat tonic, and then shuts himself in his room. Everything makes sense now—Fudge was so lenient because Black is after Harry. Harry wonders why he doesn't feel more...
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Chapter Ten
...Christmas tree. Just as Ron returns with the butterbeer, they see McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid, and Fudge walk through the door. Hermione and Ron shove Harry under the table, while Hermione moves...
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Harry watches Rosmerta's feet as she brings drinks to the table and Fudge invites her to join them. Fudge is in town because of Sirius Black and assures...
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McGonagall, Flitwick, and Fudge tell Rosmerta that James trusted Sirius—Sirius was his best man and is Harry's godfather. Fudge...
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...Harry and when Hagrid insisted on following Dumbledore's orders, Sirius lent Hagrid his flying motorbike. Fudge continues the story and says that Peter Pettigrew found Sirius before the Ministry did. Rosmerta...
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Rosmerta asks if Sirius Black is actually mad, and Fudge says he's not sure. The last time he was at Azkaban, Black seemed normal and...
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Chapter Sixteen
Harry, Ron, and Hermione run into Fudge at the front doors. Fudge greets Harry warmly and explains he's here to witness a...
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Chapter Nineteen
...newspaper clipping of the Weasleys in Egypt, with Scabbers on Ron's shoulder. He explains that Fudge gave him his paper last summer, and Lupin notices that Scabbers is missing a toe....
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Chapter Twenty-One
Harry comes to in the hospital wing and listens to Snape and Fudge in the hallway. Snape tells Fudge that Harry, Hermione, and Ron were Confunded, and he...
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Harry and Hermione try to tell Fudge that Sirius is innocent and that Peter Pettigrew is an Animagus, but Madam Pomfrey shoves...
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...a werewolf. Dumbledore says that he believes them, but he has no power to make Fudge agree. Harry feels as though his last hope is gone as Dumbledore says that they...
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Harry and Hermione watch Dumbledore, Fudge, Macnair, and the Committee member leave the castle, and see Hagrid escort the trio out...
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...Ron fight with Scabbers and watch Sirius drag Ron through the roots. Dumbledore walks Macnair, Fudge, and the Committee member back to the castle and minutes later, Lupin lets himself into...
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Chapter Twenty-Two
...get back to the hospital wing, Harry and Hermione race through the castle. They hear Fudge and Snape walking towards the hospital wing but when they start in that direction themselves,...
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...door has been locked for the last ten minutes. Snape angrily leaves the ward and Fudge says that the Ministry will be in trouble once the news of Black and Buckbeak...
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