Judah Ben-Hur: May God grant me vengeance! I will pray that you live until I return!Messala: Return?
No, it was fate that chose us to civilize the world. And we have. Our roads and ships connect every corner of the earth. Roman law, architecture, literature are the glory of the human race.
Messala: Judah, either you help me or you oppose me, you have no other choice. You're either for me or against me!Judah Ben-Hur: If that is the choice, then I am against you.
Judah Ben-Hur: What has become of my mother and my sister?Messala: It is not my duty to keep track of prisoners.Judah Ben-Hur: Find them, Messala. Restore them to me and I will forget what I vowed with every stroke of that oar you chained me to.Messala: I am not the governor of Judea. I can do nothing without Gratus' approval.Judah Ben-Hur: Then get it! I will come back tomorrow. Don't disappoint me, Messala.Messala: What became of them?Drusus: It's been almost five years. Do you suppose they're still alive?Messala: Go to the citadel, Drusus. Find out.Drusus: And if they're dead?Messala: They're dead!