I don't know how you feel about Mah-Li, whether you love her, well, as a lover. But that's of no importance.

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You can hear this line at 00:59:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Can't you forgive her? She is only a child.

- You can always do so much more with mercy than you can with murder.

- Why don't you give her another chance? I know you feel that she has deceived you and sold information to your enemies, perhaps even been unfaithful to you.

- That's dreadful. If it's true, you have a certain justification in wanting to crush her.

- But I want you to think of all those things and then forgive her.

- I don't know how you feel about Mah-Li, whether you love her, well, as a lover. But that's of no importance.

- I want you to see the beauty of giving love where it isn't merited.

- Any man can give love where he's sure it's returned. That isn't love at all. But to give love with no thought of merit, no thought of return, no thought of gratitude even, that's ordinarily the privilege of God. And now it's your privilege.

- General, with all you have within you, your superior brain, your culture, how can you be so blind to spiritual greatness?

- Do this thing, I ask you. Do it for me. Do it even blindly, if you must, and I promise you, I'm so sure of it, I promise you that for the first time in your life you'll know what real happiness is. You'll know that I...

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