Quotes from the Movie BenHur 1959
I believe in the future of my people.
Judah Ben-Hur
You may conquer the land, you may slaughter the people. That is not the end. We will rise again.
Judah Ben-Hur
Rome is an affront to God. Rome is strangling my people and my country and the whole earth, but not forever. I tell you, the day Rome falls, there will be a shout of freedom such as the world has never heard before.
Judah Ben-Hur
May God grant me vengeance. I pray that you live till I return.
Judah Ben-Hur
Find them Messala! Restore them to me, and I will forget what I have vowed with every stroke of that oar you chained me to. Don't disappoint me, Messala.
Judah Ben-Hur
God forgive me for seeking vengeance. But my path is set and into your hands I commit my life. Do with me as you will.
Judah Ben-Hur
Drusus, as a boy I dreamed of commanding this garrison. And now the wheel has turned. I am in command.
Messala
Drusus, as a boy I dreamed of commanding this garrison. And now the wheel has turned. I am in command.
Messala
There is rebellion in the wind. It will be crushed.
Messala
Be wise, Judah. It's a Roman world. If you want to live in it, you must become part of it...I tell you, Judah, it's no accident that one small village on the Tiber was chosen to rule the world...It wasn't just our legions...No, it was fate that chose us to civilize the world - and we have. Our roads and our ships connect every corner of the earth, Roman law, architecture, literature and the glory of the human race.
Messala
It's an insane world, but in it there's one sanity, the loyalty of old friends. Judah, we must believe in one another.
Messala
I wanted your help. Now you have given it to me. By making this example of you, I discourage treason. By condemning, without hesitation, an old friend, I shall be feared.
Messala
This is the day Judah. It's between us now.
Messala
You have the spirit to fight back but the good sense to control it. Your eyes are full of hate, Forty-One. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.
Quintus Arrius
You are all condemned men. We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well and live.
Quintus Arrius
