If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

— Brutus (James Mason)

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13 seconds sound clip from the Julius Caesar (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:07:45 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

- Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe.

- Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.

- Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!

- If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.

- If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

- Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?

- No!

- No!

- No!

- No!

- As Caesar loved me, I weep for him.

- As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

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