Messala: The Emperor is displeased. He wishes Judea made into a more obedient and disciplined province. He has ordered the new governor and me to restore order. I intend to carry out his wishes. Sextus: Yes, but how Messala? Oh you can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? Especially a new idea? ... Messala: Sextus, you ask how to fight an idea. Well, I'll tell you how. With another idea.
Messala: The Emperor is displeased. He wishes Judea made into a more obedient and disciplined province. He has ordered the new governor and me to restore order. I intend to carry out his wishes.
Sextus: Yes, but how Messala? Oh you can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? Especially a new idea?
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Messala: Sextus, you ask how to fight an idea. Well, I'll tell you how. With another idea.