The Patriot

Some things are worth fighting for.

"Why should I agree to swap one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?"

    --  Benjamin Martin
 

"I have long feared that my sins would return to haunt me, and the cost would be more than I could bear."

    --  Benjamin Martin
 

"Would you like a lesson, sir, in the rules of war? Or perhaps your children would?"

    --  Colonel William Tavington
 

"Kill me before the war is over, will you? It appears that you are not the better man."
"You're right. My sons were better men."

    --  Colonel William Tavington and Benjamin Martin

"Why should I agree to swap one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?"

    --  Benjamin Martin
 

"I'm not a child!"
"You're my child!"

    --  Gabriel and Benjamin Martin
 

"There's a story going around 'bout how some 20 Redcoats got killed by a ghost or some damn thing, carried a Cherokee tomahawk."
"Aren't you a little old to be believing in ghost stories?"

    --  John Billings and Benjamin Martin
 

"Pretty impressive for farmers with pitchforks."

    --  Colonel William Tavington
 

"A shepherd must tend to his flock, and at times, fight off the wolves."

    --  Reverend Oliver
 

"I say we drink the wine, eat the dogs, and use the paper for musket lining."

    --  John Billings

"Papa! Papa please don't go. I say anything, just tell me what you want me to say and I'll say it. Papa please don't go!"

    --  Susan
 

"This battle was over before it begun."

    --  Benjamin Martin