The Last Samurai2003

[Katsumoto has been granted an audience with the Emperor during a truce, in which he begs him to stop letting the new merchant-class of tycoons dominate his government, and accept the samurai back]

Emperor Meiji:
You rise against me, my teacher.

Katsumoto:
No, Highness. I rise against your enemies.

Emperor Meiji:
They are my advisors, like you.

Katsumoto:
They advise in their own interest!

Emperor Meiji:
I need advisors who know the modern world.

Katsumoto:
If I am no use, I will happily end my life.

Emperor Meiji:
No, I need your voice in the Council.

Katsumoto:
It is your voice we need, Highness. You are a living god. Do what you think is right.

Emperor Meiji:
[ruefully] I am a living god - as long as I do what *they* think is right.

Katsumoto:
[stunned beyond words, sorrowful] ...What sad words you speak...