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- No other life is possible except to wash this land clean.
- In blood?
- Yes, in blood!

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

You can hear this line at 03:16:34.391 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- His voice traveled with such a still purpose. It was more than a voice. A man more than a man.

- He said, Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

- Children of God? In that dead valley where we left them?

- I tell you every man of Judea is unclean and will stay unclean until we have scoured off our bodies the crust and filth of being at the mercy of tyranny.

- No other life is possible except to wash this land clean.

- In blood?

- Yes, in blood!

- I know there is a law in life that blood begets more blood as dog begets dog. Death generates death as the vulture breeds the vulture.

- But the voice I heard today on the hill said: Love your enemy. Do good to those who despite fully use you.

- All who are born in this land hereafter can suffer as we have done.

- As you make us do now.

- Are we to bear nothing together? Even love?

- I can hardly draw breath without feeling you in my heart.

[...]

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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