Spartacus (1960)

John Gavin: Julius Caesar

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• Julius Caesar : I thought you had reservations about the gods.

  Gracchus : Privately I believe in none of them - neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.

• Crassus : [about Antoninus and Spartacus]  Let them fight now. Unchain them.

  Julius Caesar : The entire city's been told, they'll fight tomorrow in the temple of your ancestors.

  Crassus : They will fight now, for me! Here! And to the death! And the victor will be crucified!

• Julius Caesar : [about Spartacus]  Did you fear him, Crassus?

  Crassus : Not when I fought him, I knew he could be beaten. But now I fear him, even more than I fear you.

  Julius Caesar : Me?

  Crassus : Yes, my dear Caesar, you.

• Marcus Licinius Crassus : Why have you left us for Gracchus and the mob?

  Julius Caesar : I've left no one, least of all Rome. This much I've learned from Gracchus, Rome is the mob.

  Crassus : No! Rome is an eternal thought in the mind of God.

  Julius Caesar : I had no idea *you'd* grown religious.

  Crassus : That doesn't matter. If there were no gods at all, I'd revere them. If there were no Rome, I'd dream of her as I want you to do.

• Julius Caesar : Is it me you want or is it the garrison?

  Crassus : [laughs softly]  Both.

• Julius Caesar : So now we deal with pirates. We bargain with criminals.

  Gracchus : Now, don't be so stiff-necked about it! Politics is a *practical* profession. If a criminal has what you want, you do business with him.

• Julius Caesar : Gracchus is my friend. I won't betray him.

  Marcus Licinius Crassus : Caesar? Which is worse? To betray a friend or to betray Rome herself?

• Julius Caesar : What I do, I do not for myself; but, for Rome.

  Gracchus : Rome? Poor, helpless Rome.