1:02:00
l'm a member of the old class,
1:02:03
l inevitably took part
in the old régime,
1:02:06
and l am still bound to it
by decency and affection.
1:02:10
Mine is an unfortunte generation,
swing between two worlds
1:02:15
and at ease in both.
1:02:17
Plus,
l am totally devoid of illusions.
1:02:21
What use would l be to the Senate ?
1:02:23
l know nothing about legislature,
and l'm not a self-deceiver,
1:02:27
which is an essential requisite for
those who want to rule upon others.
1:02:30
No, Chevalley,
l'm not made for politics.
1:02:35
Prince, l just can't believe it.
1:02:39
ls it really true you're refusing
the chance to help your people
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overcoming their material poverty
1:02:47
and the blind moral misery
they live in ?
1:02:51
We're old, we're very old.
1:02:55
For 25 centuries we've been
carrying on our shoulders
1:02:58
the weight
of wonderful civilizations.
1:03:00
But they all came from the outside,
we didn't create them.
1:03:04
For 2500 years
we've only been a colony.
1:03:07
l know it's our own fault.
1:03:10
But we are tired, void,
and lack vitality.
1:03:13
Prince, that belongs to the past.
1:03:16
Sicily is no longer
a land to be conquered.
1:03:19
lt's a free land in a free State.
1:03:24
l know you all mean well,
but you're late.
1:03:52
Sleep. That's what Sicilians want,
a long sleep.
1:03:58
They will hate those
who want to wake them up.