The Emperor wants battles, and I don't want to sacrifice my best fighters.
5 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:26:24 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- 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.
- You get the battle of Carthage.
- Well, why don't you go down to the prison, round up all the beggars and thieves?
[...]
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Actors: Russell Crowe (Maximus Decimus Meridius), Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus), Richard Harris (Marcus Aurelius), Oliver Reed (Proximo), Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Derek Jacobi (Senator Gracchus), Djimon Hounsou (Juba)
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