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When I was a boy, I dreamed of commanding this garrison.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:23.025 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Where is your son?

- He's walking in the hills. Mm-hm. He neglects his work, Joseph.

- No. Once, I reproached him with forgetting his work. He said to me: I must be about my father's business.

- Then why isn't he here, working? He's working.

- Trumpeters of the legion!

(ROMAN SOLDIERS TRUMPETING)

- Welcome, Messala. The command is yours.

- Thank you.

- Thank you for relieving me.

- When I was a boy, I dreamed of commanding this garrison.

- Now the wheel has turned. I am in command.

- Attention! Aisle one, face right! Forward!

- I'd forgotten the heat.

- If it were only the heat.

- I lived here until I was 14. Jerusalem was my home.

- My father was head of...

- Yes, I know. Your father is well-remembered. Fine governor. If there can be such a thing in this forsaken land.

[...]

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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