Strength and honor.
Read more Maximus QuotesFrom: Gladiator (2000)
Gracchus : And after your glorious coup, what then? You take your five thousand and... leave?Maximus : Yes, I will leave. The soldiers will stay here for your protection, under the guidance of the Senate.Gracchus : So, after Rome's all yours, you just give it back to the people. Tell me why.Maximus : Because that was a dying man's last wish. I will kill Commodus. The fate of Rome, I leave to you.Gracchus : Marcus Aurelius trusted you. His daughter trusts you. I will trust you. Give me two days, and I will purchase your freedom. And you, stay alive, or I'll be dead.
Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.
So Spaniard, we shall go to Rome together and have bloody adventures. And the great whore will suckle us until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. And then, when enough men have died, perhaps you will have your freedom.