Howard: We are citizens of an American nation. And our rights are being threatened by a tyrant 3000 miles away.
Marion: Would you tell me, please, Mr. Howard, why should I trade one tyrant 3000 miles away for 3000 tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample man's rights as easily as a king can.
Burwell: Captain Martin, I understood you to be a patriot.
Marion: If you mean by "patriot," am I angry about taxation without representation? Well, yes, I am. Should the American colonies govern themselves independently? I believe they can. And they should. But if you're asking me: am I willing to go to war with England, then the answer is most definitely no.〔……〕I will not fight. And because I will not fight, I will not cast a vote that will send others to fight in my stead.
Burwell: And your principles?
Marion: I'm a parent, I haven’t got the luxury of principles.
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Gabriel: Colonel, I've been a soldier for two years. As a scout, horseman, marksman, scavenger.
Marion: Is that so?
Gabriel: Yes, Sir. I'd be of better use with Regulars.
Marion: Where'd you learn all that riding, shooting, scavenging?
Gabriel: My father taught me.
Marion: Teach you any humility?
Gabriel: He tried. It didn't take.
Marion: He also taught you every trail between here and Charles Town, which is why I ask you to transfer.
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Gabriel: Thomas was my brother, as well as your son. You may not believe this, but I want satisfaction as much as you do. But not at the expense of our cause. There will be a time for revenge. But until then, stay the course.
Marion: Your mother said that when I'd get drunk or lose my temper.
Gabriel: She'd say it to me when I picked on Thomas.
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霍華：我們是美國的國民，而我們的權利竟然受到三千英哩以外的暴君的威嚇。
馬汀：霍華先生，請你告訴我，我為什麼要用三千英哩以外的一位暴君，來交換一英哩外的三千位暴君？民選國會也能像國王一樣踐踏我們的人權。
柏威爾：馬汀上尉，我知道你很愛國。
馬汀：你所謂的「愛國」，如果你想知道我是否因為遭課重稅而憤憤不平？是的，我很生氣。美國是否該獨立自主？我認為可以這麼做，也應該這麼做。但如果你問我是否該跟英國宣戰，我的答案是否定的。〔……〕我不參戰，也正因為如此，我不打算參與投票，去將別人送上戰場。
柏威爾：你的原則呢？
馬汀：我是有孩子的人，我沒有講原則的權利。
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加布里耶爾：上校，我已經當了兩年的兵，做過偵察兵、騎兵、狙擊兵、清道兵。
馬汀：是嗎？
加布里耶爾：是的，我在正規軍隊裡比較有發展。
馬汀：你是從哪兒學會騎馬、開槍和清掃的？
加布里耶爾：是我父親教的。
馬汀：他有沒有教你如何謙虛？
加布里耶爾：他試過，但是我不受教。
馬汀：他也教你如何認出從這裡到查理士城的每一條小路。所以才會把你調過來。
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加布里耶爾：托馬斯是我的弟弟，也是你的兒子，你也許不信，但我和你一樣想要報仇，只是要在不影響大原則的情況下。仇終究是要報的，但在那之前我要堅持到底、為自由奮鬥。
馬汀：我喝醉或發脾氣時你媽會說這句話。
加布里耶爾：我找托馬斯麻煩的時候她也會這麼說。
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