The Patriot

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Colonel William Tavington: You know, it's dirty business doing one's duty... but just occasionally it's a real pleasure.

Benjamin Martin: Before this war is over, I'm going to kill you. Colonel William Tavington: Why wait?

Charlotte: You have done nothing to be ashamed of. Benjamin Martin: I have done nothing. And for that I am ashamed.

Reverend Oliver: (explaining to his church why he is marching off to war)

Benjamin Martin: Aim small, miss small.

Benjamin Martin: I'm a parent. I haven't got the luxury of principles.

Benjamin Martin: 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.

Nathan Martin: Father, I killed those men. Benjamin Martin: It's alright, Nathan. You had no choice. Nathan Martin: I'm glad I killed those men. I'm glad.

Colonel William Tavington: Let it be known if you harbor the enemy you will lose your home.

Benjamin Martin: He cannot be held as a spy. Colonel William Tavington: Oh, we're not going to hold him. We're going to hang him.

(At the Battle of Cowpens) General O'Hara: My Lord, if we re-form and wheel right, we may be able to turn their flank. Lord General Cornwallis: You dream, General.

Gabriel Edward Martin: (shouting) I'm not a child. Benjamin Martin: (shouting) You're my child.

Colonel William Tavington: Kill me before the war is over, will you? It appears that you are not the better man. Benjamin Martin: You're right. My sons were better men.

Colonel William Tavington: Would you like a lesson, sir, in the rules of war? Or perhaps your children would?

(after Benjamin removes a British soldier's uniform off of Thomas) Benjamin Martin: Not yet... Thomas. Thomas: When? Benjamin Martin: 17. Thomas: That's two years... it's already been two. The war could be over by then! Benjamin Martin: God willing.

(Grooming himself before battle) Major Jean Villeneuve: If I die, then I will die well dressed.

John Billings: I say we drink the wine, eat the dogs, and use the paper for musket lining. Reverend Oliver: (alarmed) eat the dogs! Benjamin Martin: (going along with Billings' joke) A dog is a fine meal. Reverend Oliver: (still alarmed) G-G-Good Heavens! (Billings and Martin laugh)

Benjamin Martin: When you have a family of your own, you'll understand. Gabriel Edward Martin: When I have a family of my own, I won't hide behind it.

Gabriel Edward Martin: I've come to call on Anne. (Anne's father puts an ear piece in his ear to hear. Gabriel leans in and tries again louder) Gabriel Edward Martin: I've come to call on Anne. Mr Howard: Well of course you call yourself a man! Miss Anne Howard/ Mrs Anne Martin: Father stop it! You heard him!

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

Susan Martin: 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!

Colonel William Tavington: Pretty impressive for farmers with pitchforks.

Benjamin Martin: This battle was over before it begun.

Lord General Cornwallis: Colonel Tavington, why, after six weeks, am I still here at Middleton place attending a ball in South Carolina while I should be attending balls in NORTH CAROLINA?

Miss Anne Howard/ Mrs Anne Martin: You know who I am Gabriel Martin. When I was younger you put ink in my tea. Gabriel Edward Martin: (Uneasy) Surely it was maybe one of my younger brothes? Miss Anne Howard/ Mrs Anne Martin: It was you. And it turned my teeth black for a month.

Colonel William Tavington: (Tavington's searching for Martin) ... I wish to know his whereabouts. So, anyone who steps forward may be forgiven their treason. (silence) Very well, you had your chance. (turns about to leave) Hardwick: Wait! (Hardwick tells Tavington everything) Colonel William Tavington: Thank you very much. Shut the doors! Hardwick: But you said... we'd be forgiven! Colonel William Tavington: And indeed you may! But that's between you and God.

Occam: Gabriel said if we won the war, we could build a whole new world. Just figured we'd start here with your home.

Hardwick: They hanged my brother. Every one of them redcoats deserves to die.

(to Benjamin Martin, after killing his son Thomas) Colonel William Tavington: Stupid boy.

Gabriel Edward Martin: I'm sorry about Thomas Benjamin Martin: Oh, son, that wasn't your fault (pause) That was mine.

Gabriel Edward Martin: (as he is lying there wounded, and sees his father appear) Father... (gasps) Benjamin Martin: Shh... don't talk, don't talk. Gabriel Edward Martin: (gasps for air, groans) Father. I'm sorry... Benjamin Martin: I'm going to take care of you. You're going to be all right. Gabriel Edward Martin: Father. I'm sorry about Thomas. (whimpers) Benjamin Martin: Oh son, that wasn't your fault. (Gabriel lets out a soft groan) That was mine. (Gabriel gasps for final breaths of air) Hold on, hold on, you're gonna... Don't go. Gabriel, don't! (sobs quietly while touching his face) Oh! God help me. God help me. God help me. (begins crying, whispers) God help me...

Lord General Cornwallis: (Sees Taverton leading cavalry charge without an order) DAMN HIM DAMN THAT MAN!

Major Jean Villeneuve: (to Occam) Here. A proper musket for you. Dan Scott: I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't like the idea of giving muskets to slaves. Major Jean Villeneuve: (to Dan) Your sense of freedom is as pale as your skin.

Lord General Cornwallis: (referring to a replacement formal coat) It's a horse blanket. Colonel William Tavington: Oh I don't know my Lord; it's really, quite nice. General O'Hara: Very nice my Lord. Lord General Cornwallis: Very well it's a nice horse blanket.

Reverend Oliver: (explaining to his church why he is marching off to war) A shepherd must tend his flock. And at times... fight off the wolves.

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