And while Commodus controls them, he controls everything.

4 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:47:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- The gods have spared you. Don't you understand?

- Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the emperor of Rome.

- The gods have spared me? I am at their mercy, with the power only to amuse a mob.

- That is power.

- The mob is Rome.

- And while Commodus controls them, he controls everything.

- Listen to me. My brother has enemies, most of all in the Senate.

- But while the people follow him, no one would dare stand up to him until you.

- They oppose him, yet they do nothing.

- There are some politicians who have dedicated their lives to Rome. One man above all. If I can arrange it, will you meet him?

[...]

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