But with every day that passes, he makes enemies. One day, he'll have more enemies than friends. And on that day, we will act. Then we will strike.
— Senator Gracchus (Derek Jacobi)
14 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:25:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- No. Cut off the head and the snake cannot strike.
- Until we can neutralize the Praetorians, we can achieve nothing.
- No, child. We keep our counsel. We prepare.
- As long as the people support him, we are voices without steel. We are air.
- But until then, we are docile. We are obedient. And we are treacherous.
- The Emperor wants battles, and I don't want to sacrifice my best fighters.
- The crowd wants battles, so the Emperor gives them battles.
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