Salome (1953)
Stewart Granger: Commander Claudius
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Quotes
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Commander Claudius : Why waste a slave?
Pontius Pilate : Why not? The world's full of them.
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Pontius Pilate : I wait for no one! Least of all - a woman.
Commander Claudius : Perhaps there's one woman worth waiting for.
Pontius Pilate : No woman!
Commander Claudius : Not even that one?
[nods in the direction of Salome]
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King Herod : Commander, welcome back to Galilee.
Commander Claudius : I'm very happy to be here.
King Herod : I trust you - relaxed properly in Rome. I shall enjoy hearing of your conquests, as if they were my own. You must give me an account in detail, my dear Commander. In detail.
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Commander Claudius : What is the measure of love?
Princess Salome : What is asked of another and what is granted.
Commander Claudius : Anything.
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Commander Claudius : Rome cannot go on as it has - ruling with the sword and the whip. If we are to survive, we must recognize that a new force is coming into the world.
Pontius Pilate : New force?
Commander Claudius : The religion of this prophet. It will bring hope to the conquered. It will bring peace to all men - by teaching every manhood to live at peace with his neighbors. This faith will march across the world and win men, where Rome could only conquer them.
Pontius Pilate : Caesar is the only faith possible for a Roman!
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Commander Claudius : I found a greater loyalty than Rome. Humanity.