No, because it's no longer profitable to keep slaves. Slaves do not produce as much as free men. Let us do what is profitable, and right.

— Timonides (James Mason)

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11 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:54:36.285 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- And yet, the answer is simple.

- Let us transform my friends from men of war to men of peace.

- Let us put them on our abandoned farmland. Not only will they produce food for themselves, but this I pledge you. One day they will send food to Rome.

- Yes, I agree! Put them on those lands. Let them produce for us, but as slaves. That is the way it has always been!

- Niger here used to have twenty thousand slaves on his family estate. Where are they now? All sold or freed. Why? Because Niger is opposed to slavery?

- No, because it's no longer profitable to keep slaves. Slaves do not produce as much as free men. Let us do what is profitable, and right.

- Let us share the greatest gift of all. Let us give these men the right of Roman freedom.

- And they will spread the word that Rome has accepted them as equals, then we will have our human frontiers.

- The Roman peace that Marcus Aurelius promised.

- In the name of Caesar... In the name of Caesar!

- Caesar has asked me when has Rome ever been greater or stronger? I say in answer to Caesar: Never has Rome been greater or stronger than now.

[...]

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Memorable quotes from the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), James Mason (Timonides)

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