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Gracchus: I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people.
Quintus: People should know when they are conquered.
Maximus: Would you, Quintus? Would I?
Gracchus: The Senate is the people, sire. Chosen from among the people, to speak for the people.
Maximus: I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough.
Proximo: That's enough for the provinces, but not enough for Rome.
Maximus: I would find it difficult to do your duty.
Cicero: Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.
Marcus Aurelius: And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus: I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Gracchus: He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?
Falco: Give him time, Gracchus. He's young, he may do very well.
Gracchus: For Rome? Or for you?
Commodus: The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
Maximus: You would fight me?
Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
Maximus: I think you've been afraid all your life.
Gracchus: He will bring them death, and they will love him for it.
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