“Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!”
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Agree. The only line that Aragorn spoke in the battle before the Black Gates of Mordor is this: ‘Stand, men of the West! Stand and wait! This is the hour of doom.’ (Return of the King p. 243)
Ironically, although some of the phrases are Tolkien’s, the speech is the screenwriter’s, who often took phrases or speeches from one part and rewrote them to fit better in a movie.
It makes one thank God that the film was done in New Zealand not Hollywood…