Drusus, as a boy I dreamed of commanding this garrison. And now the wheel has turned. Now, I am in command.
Read more Messala QuotesFrom: Ben Hur
Messala: Look to the West, Judah! Don't be a fool, look to Rome!Judah Ben-Hur: I would rather be a fool than a traitor... or a killer!Messala: I am a soldier!Judah Ben-Hur: Yes! Who kills! For Rome! Rome is evil!Messala: I warn you...Judah Ben-Hur: No! I warn you! Rome is an affront to God! Rome is strangling my people and my country, the whole Earth! But not forever. I tell you the day Rome falls there will be a shout of freedom such as the world has never heard before!
Judah Ben-Hur: May God grant me vengeance! I will pray that you live until I return!Messala: Return?
It's a Roman world. If you want to live in it, you must become part of it.