Spartacus I am Spartacus!
Played by Kirk Douglas 
Spartacus (1960) · 19 quotes
Spartacus (1960) · 19 quotes
Most-quoted character in Spartacus (1960): in 8 of its 19 quotes
A line from SpartacusMaybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.
More lines from Spartacus
5 quotes Spartacus Spartacus I'd rather be here, a free man among brothers, facing a long march and a hard fight, than the richest citizen in Rome: fat with food he didn't work for, and surrounded by slaves.
Spartacus When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win.
Spartacus Crixus always wanted to march on Rome. Now he doesn't have to. Rome has come to us.
Spartacus He'll come back. He'll come back, and he'll be millions!
Scenes with Spartacus
2 scenes
Dionysus
[watching two Roman nobles being forced by a slave on horseback to fight to the death]
Ah-ha ha! Come on, fat boy! Yeah!
Slaves
[as Spartacus enters the arena]
Spartacus! Hey, Spartacus!
Spartacus Noble Romans, fight each other like animals. [gestures to the slaves on the balcony] Your new masters, betting to see who'll die first. [the slaves laugh] Drop your weapons. [the slaves start booing]
Slaves
No! No! No! No!
Crixus I want to see their blood, right here where Draba died! [jumps down and draws his sword] When I fight matched pairs, they fight to the death!
Spartacus I made myself a promise, Crixus. I swore that if I ever get out of this place, I'd die before I saw two men fight to the death again. Draba made that promise too. He kept it, so will I. [turns to the nobles] Go on. Get up! [Spartacus turns to the slaves as the nobles scurry out of the arena] What are we, Crixus? What are we becoming, Romans? What's happening to us? Have we learned nothing? We hunt wine when we should be looking for bread.
Dionysus
When you got wine, you don't need bread!
Spartacus You can't just be a gang of drunken raiders.
Dionysus
What else can we be?
Spartacus Gladiators, an army of gladiators. There's never been an army like that. One gladiator is worth any two Roman soldiers that ever lived.
Crixus We beat the Romans guards here, but a Roman army is different. They fight different than we do, too.
Spartacus We can beat anything they send against us if we really want to.
Crixus It takes a big army.
Spartacus We'll have a big army. Once we're on the march, we'll free every slave in every town and village. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
Dionysus
That's right. Once we cross the Alps, we're safe.
Crixus Nobody can cross the Alps. Every pass is defended by its own legion.
Spartacus Stand up. On your feet. Stand up, the way a noble Roman should.
Slave
That's Roman pride for you, Spartacus! [the slaves laugh]
Spartacus That's better. What's your name?
Glabrus
Marcus, Glabrus.
Spartacus Glabrus.
Glabrus
Commander of the Garrison of Rome!
Spartacus Commander?
Crixus He was commanding it on his belly when we found him, playing dead! [the slaves laugh]
Spartacus You disappoint me, Marcus Glabrus, playing dead. You afraid to die? It's easy to die. Haven't you seen enough gladiators in the arena to see how easy it is to die?
Glabrus
Why...what are you going to do to me?
Spartacus I don't know. [turns to the slaves] What should we do with him?
Dionysus
Let's have a matched pair, him and me! [the slaves laugh]
Glabrus
I'll not fight like a gladiator!
Spartacus [showing Glabrus a Roman baton]
You keep staring at this. You recognize this baton?
Glabrus
Yes.
Spartacus You should! It was in your tent. [holds up the baton] The symbol of the Senate! All the power of Rome! [grips and snaps the baton in two]
Dionysus
That's the power of Rome!
Spartacus [thrusting the broken baton at Glabrus]
Take that back to your senate. Tell them you and that broken stick is all that's left of the garrison of Rome! Tell them we want nothing from Rome, nothing, except our freedom!
