Quotes
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Cesare Borgia : [interrupting his prayer time] Rafaele, I see you are taking the Holy Father's directive to heart.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : No, I do not pray about you. I, like Nehemiah, am a man of prayer. Either kneel with me or leave me be.
Cesare Borgia : I will do neither.
[knocks him to the floor]
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : Like Nehemiah, who restored the walls of Jerusalem, I also am a man of action. Lay your hands on me again,
[pushing him roughly]
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : Cardinal Borgia, and you will regret it!
Cesare Borgia : You believe you are a match for me?
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : I believe I am holding cards which you do not wish me to play.
Cesare Borgia : [scoffs] You're about to say that the investigation of my brother's murder has never been officially completed, and that I killed Juan.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : No, no. I'm certain that you did not. But there is one person whom we never discussed nor interrogated. Your sister, Lucrezia.
Cesare Borgia : Lucrezia? Ridiculous.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : Before the Spanish departed Rome, I heard some rather intriguing facts from one of De Cordova's lieutenants about that young man, Pedro Caldes. The one you killed?
Cesare Borgia : You pretend to be a priest, yet at every turn you act the politician.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : Unlike you, Cesare, I have known my true calling, the reason I was born, since childhood. I cannot imagine living life any other way. The priesthood has liberated me from all temporal anxiety, knowing that my reward of everlasting life awaits... Why do you smile?
Cesare Borgia : Because the Red Sea has suddenly parted. If you do not vote my way, I'll destroy you. You will be excommunicated.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : Obviously your influence with the Pope has reached new heights. But even Rodrigo Borgia would never dare excommunicate a preist without sufficient...
Cesare Borgia : [interrupting] "Ground?" A moment ago you accused the Holy Father's daughter of murdering his son. Bishop Flores dies daily in Terra Nuova prison for the sin of false witness.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : No one heard me but you.
Juan Borgia Lanzol : [entering with 2 others] We did.
Rafaele Riario-Sansoni : My vote is yours.
