Kingdom of Heaven 2005

[first lines]Gravedigger: Crusaders.Squire: Clear the road, if you will.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 sad

Son of Roger de Cormier: I am the son of Roger de...Godfrey of Ibelin: Take your helmet off while addressing me.Son of Roger de Cormier: [the knight takes off his helmet and clears his throat] I am the son of Roger de Cormier.[Godfrey stares at him]Son of Roger de Cormier: I am accorded the privilege of ransom.Godfrey of Ibelin: This is true.[he walks away while the English sergeant drives a pickaxe through the knights skull]

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Tiberias: There is a rumour. We must condemn it immediately.Sybilla: Call it treason. And kill those who whisper it.Tiberias: The rumour will die if we show the boy as active...Sybilla: [bursts out] How long before he wears a mask? Will you have one made for him? How did my boy deserve it? Jerusalem is dead, Tiberias. No kingdom is worth my son alive in hell. I will go to hell instead.[Tiberias steps forth and hugs Sibylla]

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 reason

Balian of Ibelin: What is Jerusalem worth?Saladin: Nothing.[walks away]Saladin: Everything!

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005

Balian of Ibelin: [Saladin has just offered safe conduct in his terms] When the Christians captured Jerusalem, they massacred every Muslim in the city walls...Saladin: I am not those men. I am Salahudin.[with more emphasis]Saladin: Sala-hu-din!

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 christian

Balian of Ibelin: What man is a man who does not make the world better.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 world

Hospitaller: I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here[points to head]Hospitaller: and here[points to heart]Hospitaller: and what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man - or not.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Godfrey of Ibelin: Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.Godfrey of Ibelin: [cuffs Balian with the back of his hand] And thats so you remember it.Hospitaller: Arise a knight and Baron of Ibelin.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 love

Saladin: Who defends?Imad: Balian of Ibelin, the son of Godfrey.Saladin: Godfrey? Godfrey nearly killed me in the Lebanon. Truly, I did not know he had a son.Imad: It was his son at Kerak.Saladin: The one you let live?Imad: Yes.Saladin: Perhaps you should not have.Imad: Perhaps I should have had a different teacher.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Godfrey of Ibelin: You are not what you were born, but what you have within yourself to be.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Balian of Ibelin: God will understand, my lord. And if he doesnt, then he is not God and we need not worry.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

King Baldwin IV: A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, But I was told by others to do thus. Or that, Virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Balian of Ibelin: It is a kingdom of conscience, or nothing.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 science

Saladin: Will you yield the city?Balian of Ibelin: Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places - ours. Every last thing in Jerusalem that drives men mad.Saladin: I wonder if it would not be better if you did.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 men

English Sergeant: [walking along the waterfront at Messina] When we took the Holy Land, we took the Saracen trading ports. The Italian ships carry silks and spices... and pilgrims, if they have money. And Italy becomes rich, as the Savior intended.Balian of Ibelin: [Balian sees a group of men praying on the beach] Who are those men?English Sergeant: Muslims. Saracens.Balian of Ibelin: And they are allowed their prayers?English Sergeant: If they pay the tax. Subhana Rabbil Adhim.[he turns to Balian]English Sergeant: Praise be to God. It is proper to praise him.Balian of Ibelin: Sounds like our prayers.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Saladin: [to Guy de Lusignan] A king does not kill a king. Were you not close enough to a great king to learn by his example?

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 you

Saladin: As-Salaam-AlaikumBalian of Ibelin: And peace be with you.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 peace

Balian of Ibelin: [to the people of Jerusalem] It has fallen to us, to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offence we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy places lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down. The Muslim places of worship lie over yours. Which is more holy?[pause]Balian of Ibelin: The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre? Who has claim? No one has claim.[raises his voice]Balian of Ibelin: All have claim!Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: That is blasphemy!Almaric: [to the Patriarch] Be quiet.Balian of Ibelin: We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 people

Imad: Your quality will be known among your enemies, before ever you meet them.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 you

Jerusalem: Who do you think you are? Will you alter the world? Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?Balian of Ibelin: [pause, turn slowly to face Bishop] Yes.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 world

Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: The things that we have left undone plague us as death comes. That is why to the dying there is no comfort but the Lord.King Baldwin IV: Spare me your sermon. Go and prepare your people for the coronation of my nephew.Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: Your confession, my lord.King Baldwin IV: I shall confess to God when I see him... not to you. Now, leave me.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Godfrey of Ibelin: I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Richards Knight: We crusade to recover the kingdom of JerusalemBalian of Ibelin: Go till the men speak Italian and continue until they speak something elseRichard Coeur de Lion: We come along this road to find Balian of Ibelin, who defended Jerusalem against the Saracens.Balian of Ibelin: I am a blacksmithRichard Coeur de Lion: And I am the king of EnglandBalian of Ibelin: [pauses] I am a blacksmith.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 men

Balian of Ibelin: [praying to his wife] how can you be in hell when youre in my heart.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 art

Mullah: [just before the final assault on Jerusalem] Brothers! Brothers! God has sent you this day! You will take no prisoners! As they did, so shall it be done! Allahu akbar!Muslim Soldiers: Allahu akbar!Mullah: Allahu akbar!Muslim Soldiers: Allahu akbar!Mullah: Allahu akbar!Muslim Soldiers: Allahu akbar!

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Balian of Ibelin: You go with the army?Hospitaller: My order is with the army.Balian of Ibelin: You go to certain death.Hospitaller: All death is certain. I shall tell your father what Ive seen you become.[rides away]

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 death

Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: Convert to Islam... repent later!Balian of Ibelin: Youve taught me a lot about religion, your Eminence.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 religion

Hospitaller: One may stare into the light, until one becomes the light. Ive done it many times.Balian of Ibelin: [throws a rock at a bush that catches fire by the spark] Theres your religion. One spark, a creosote bush. Theres your Moses. I did not hear it speak.Hospitaller: That does not mean that there is no God. Do you love her?Balian of Ibelin: Yes.Hospitaller: The heart will mend. Your duty is to the people of the city. I go to pray.Balian of Ibelin: For what?Hospitaller: For the strength to endure what is to come.Balian of Ibelin: And what is to come?Hospitaller: The reckoning is to come for what was done one hundred years before. The Muslims will never forget. Nor should they.[the Hospitaler slowly walks away as a second bush several yards from the burning one catches fire. The Hospitaler is nowhere to be seen in the clear and open desert]

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 love

Balian of Ibelin: What could a king ask of a man like me?Godfrey of Ibelin: A better world than has ever been seen. A kingdom of conscience. A kingdom of heaven.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Tiberias: But Saladin and the king between them would make a better world.Hospitaller: If it lives only for a while, Tiberias, it still has lived.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 world

Hospitaller: Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 courage

Bishop: A law can go too far... it can go too far. I ask myself, would Jesus do thusly? There is so much done in Christendom of which Christ would be incapable.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 jesus

Sybilla: There will be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 evil

Reynald: I drink water for what it is.Saladin: I did not give the cup to you.Reynald: No, my Lord.Saladin: A king does not kill a king.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 you

Godfrey of Ibelin: [Directors Cut, before caving in his nephews skull] Thank my brother for his love!

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 love

Guy de Lusignan: [about Sibylla] My wife does not lament my absences. And is either the best of wives... or the very, very worst.[leaves]Tiberias: [to Sibylla as a toast] To the very best of wives.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 men

Hospitaller: If the ribs are broken, the marrow will enter the blood and you will develop fever and die or a cyst will form and you will live.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 live

Hospitaller: [while watching the public execution of some Templars in Jerusalem] The king has made a peace with Saladin these past six years. He holds Jerusalem as a place of prayer for all faiths, as the Muslims did before we came. These men are Templars. They killed Arabs.Balian of Ibelin: So they are dying for what the Pope would command them to do.Hospitaller: Yes... but not Christ, I think. Nor this king.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 faith

Imad: [discussing how to break Jerusalems defenses] The wall where the Christopher Gate used to be has been weakened.Saracen Engineer: Yes, usually when a gate is blocked in, it is weaker than the wall around it.Mullah: Or stronger.Imad: It is weaker, Rashid has seen it. This will be our door into Jerusalem.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 sin

Imad: This is not a very good horse... I will not keep him.[he hands the reins to Balian]

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 good

Patriarch of Jerusalem: When a body is burnt, it cannot be resurrected until Judgment Day.Balian of Ibelin: If we do not burn these bodies, we will all be dead of disease in three days. God will understand, my lord. And if he doesnt... then he is not God, and we need not worry.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 god

Saladin: I pray you pull back your cavalry and leave this matter to me.King Baldwin IV: I pray you retire unharmed to Damascus. Reynald of Chatillon will be punished. I swear it. Withdraw or we will all die here.

— Kingdom of Heaven 2005 you

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