(Speaking to Amon Goeth, a German concentration camp commandant.)
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.
You think that's power?
That's what the Emperor said. A man stole something, he's brought in before the Emperor, he throws himself down on the ground. He begs for mercy, he knows he's going to die. And the Emperor... pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.
I think you are drunk.
That's power, Amon. That is power.
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.
You think that's power?
That's what the Emperor said. A man stole something, he's brought in before the Emperor, he throws himself down on the ground. He begs for mercy, he knows he's going to die. And the Emperor... pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.
I think you are drunk.
That's power, Amon. That is power.
from: Schindler's List (1993)
Liam Neeson acted as Oskar Schindler