For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:01:37 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it.
- It began with the forging of the Great Rings.
- Three were given to the Elves: Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings.
- Seven, to the Dwarf-lords: Great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls.
- And nine... nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who, above all else, desire power.
- For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race.
- But they were all of them deceived. For another ring was made.
- And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
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