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I would do anything for you, Messala, except betray my own people.

6 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:08.845 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And do you know where it can end? Rome! Yes, perhaps at the side of Caesar himself.

- I mean it. It can happen and this is the moment. I swear, this is the time.

- The emperor is watching us, judging us. All I need do is serve him. And all you need do is help me serve him.

- You speak as if he were God.

- He is God. The only God. He is power, real power on earth, not... not that.

- Help me, Judah.

- I would do anything for you, Messala, except betray my own people.

- In the name of all the gods, what do the lives of a few Jews mean to you?

- If I cannot persuade them, that does not mean I would help you murder them.

- Besides, you must understand this: I believe in the past of my people and in their future. Future?

- You are a conquered people.

- You may conquer the land. You may slaughter the people, but that is not the end. We will rise again.

- You live on dead dreams. You live on the myths of the past.

[...]

Ben-Hur (1959) Sound Clip

Ben-Hur (1959) film poster

Sound bites of the best quotes from the 1959 film Ben-Hur.

Actors: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Hugh Griffith (Sheik Ilderim)

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