Kings (TV Series)
Brotherhood (2009)
Ian McShane: King Silas Benjamin
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Quotes
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King Silas Benjamin : The days of confusion are behind me. I know the smell of omen; I knew it once better, and feared to never have it again.
King Silas Benjamin : [giving Rev. Samuels an envelope containing a twig with small leaves] ... Perhaps no longer withheld...
Rev. Ephram Samuels : [cautiously, as he examines the twig] Perhaps forgiven.
[Silas presses his hands together before his face, prayerfully]
Rev. Ephram Samuels : Acacia is a portent of change... of death and resurrection.
King Silas Benjamin : Death?
Rev. Ephram Samuels : And rebirth - beginnings on the heels of ending.
Rev. Ephram Samuels : [he removes a small leaf and presses it into Silas' hand] Change comes from inside the heart... those you love to be its agents.
King Silas Benjamin : Who?
Rev. Ephram Samuels : If God has indeed resumed conversation with you... there will be more signs. Let them guide you.
King Silas Benjamin : And if those signs guide me to *your* door?
Rev. Ephram Samuels : ...It will be open.
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King Silas Benjamin : Poison, in the body; William?
Gen. Linus Abner : Your brother-in-law just offered aid, during our time of need.
King Silas Benjamin : He's always been an open enemy to peace; and if this plague was sent to make a king pay attention, attention must be paid. Treachery will be rooted out - and punished.
Gen. Linus Abner : Let me. He will dream his last tonight.
King Silas Benjamin : First bring me proof that it is him, and him alone.
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Queen Rose Benjamin : All those times you sat by her bedside. She needed you; she's never needed me, not the same way.
King Silas Benjamin : Every child longs for its mother.
Queen Rose Benjamin : To sit and watch her slip away?... I didn't have it then, I don't have it now; it, it...
King Silas Benjamin : I can save them - save them all - Michelle, Jack... Shiloh. A diseased limb needs to be severed, so that the body may heal itself.
Queen Rose Benjamin : Then cut.
King Silas Benjamin : The price will be steep - for you, more than most. One sibling sacrificed, to save two.
Queen Rose Benjamin : For them, cut; then cut again. You cut until there is nothing left but my children, alive.
King Silas Benjamin : Let your daughter hear those words.
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King Silas Benjamin : I slaved to bring this city to life, and now it's as quiet as death. We'll soon know which way falls the balance.
Gen. Linus Abner : I wish I shared your faith; I don't believe in signs.
King Silas Benjamin : And me... do you believe in me?
Gen. Linus Abner : Yes, sir; I see you strong before me.
King Silas Benjamin : You do?... I stayed the order.
Gen. Linus Abner : Sir?
King Silas Benjamin : William... lives - and will continue to. You do not get to pass the blame on this. I pray for signs, and when I get them I am grateful. For *this* sign, this... I prayed to *not* be true. Your treachery, for which our country must pay the price.
Gen. Linus Abner : You think I caused this plague?
King Silas Benjamin : You *are* the plague; you sold us to the enemy. After thirty years by my side, why?
Gen. Linus Abner : You lost your way - become weak, ever since that Shepherd boy came and waved a white flag.
King Silas Benjamin : Is peace so threatening?
Gen. Linus Abner : I am a warrior; you took my war. I would rather fall on my sword than lay it down.
King Silas Benjamin : No; you fall on mine.
[Silas thrusts a dagger into Gen. Abner's stomach]
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Chancellor Hanson : Twelve hours pass, sir; it's over - it worked. The plague is gone, and those infected gone with it, but your people did as asked - down to the last. So we count ten lost.
King Silas Benjamin : Ten, and not ten million.
Chancellor Hanson : Only those that came in contact with our patients without knowing; all passed in their homes, sacrificing themselves for their neighbors.
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[Silas becomes aware of Jack and David standing behind him as he prays in the empty church]
King Silas Benjamin : [putting his hand on Jack's shoulder] I'm proud of you... both of you. You truly are the King's Own.
Jack Benjamin : I never would have thought Abner; I'm sorry, father - I know he was your friend.
King Silas Benjamin : A king has no friends; he has, if he's lucky, his family. Trust each other with your lives as I now entrust you with mine... Brotherhood...
King Silas Benjamin : [leaning toward Jack, quietly touching his forehead to his son's] Pray for your sister... then go home, rest.
Jack Benjamin : [after his father has left, he stands beside David] You've made your first true kill; no easy thing. It changes the color of your blood; it paints your conscience. You do that for me?
David Shepherd : ...I tell myself... I had no choice.
Jack Benjamin : There's always a choice.
David Shepherd : You don't owe me anything.
Jack Benjamin : Words... don't settle debt.