Ben-Hur Quotes in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Ben-Hur: It is good to have you back, Messala - - a Roman who understands my people...

Messala: Rome rules the peoples she has conquered. It is for them to understand Rome!

[Ben-Hur frowns]

Messala: I meant no offense, Judah. But your stiff-necked race must learn submission to your masters!

Ben-Hur: In outward seeming you are the same. But in spirit - - you are a stranger.

Ben-Hur: Oh, Lord, in the hour of thy vengeance - - mine be the hand to put it on him!

Arrius: A galley slave wanting to live! How long have you been at the oars?

Ben-Hur: In your calendar, three years - - in mine, three centuries!

Arrius: What has kept you alive?

Ben-Hur: I live for revenge!

Arrius: Spoken like a Roman!

Ben-Hur: I am a Jew!

Ben-Hur: I am Judah, Ben-Hur!

Ben-Hur: I will drive your chariot! Not as Arrius the Roman, racing for glory - but as the unknown, driving for revenge!

Sheik Ilderim: Come, then, for time does not loiter and we have much to do!

Ben-Hur: I crave your pardon...