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Quotes
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Johan Burchard : Pope Alexander, Pontifex Maximus, finds you guilty of stealing three carrots from the bin of Angelo Rodi.
Rodrigo Borgia : Three carrots, three lashes...
Defendant : Sire, I am like you foreign-born. I have left Portugal with my family.
[being dragged away]
Defendant : We came to Rome for a better life. Then came the rack of inquisition to find torture of starvation. My babies are dying!
Lucrezia Borgia : [observing her father's indifference] STOP! Holiness, a question. What is most fair, to punish or to provide? The answer is both.
[standing]
Lucrezia Borgia : After the three lashes, you will be gifted three ducats.
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Rodrigo Borgia : Tell us, Lucrezia, and be brave in your honesty. Should we step done?
[presents his ring]
Lucrezia Borgia : I could never have sent a man to such a death. Without an iron will and a cruel confidence, I would not be a better sovereign than you.
[handing the ring back]
Rodrigo Borgia : This is true, my daughter. But you are a better person.
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[last lines]
Rodrigo Borgia : Today we celebrate the Sancta Familia, an opportunity to reflect on our own family. Cesare, you ride in this tournament. But his mother, his sister, and I, will be by his side, just as he is always by ours. And so with Rome, we Borgia *are* Rome. Now and for eternity!
