The Patriot (2000)

Adam Baldwin: Capt. Wilkins

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• Col. Harry Burwell : This is not a war for the independence of one or two colonies, but for the independence of one nation.

  Capt. Wilkins : Tell me, Colonel, what nation is that?

  Mr. Howard : An American nation!

  Capt. Wilkins : There is no such nation, and to speak of one is treason.

  Mr. Howard : We ARE citizens of an American nation! And our rights are being threatened by a tyrant three thousand miles away!

  Benjamin Martin : Would you tell me please, Mr. Howard, why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can.

  Col. Harry Burwell : Captain Martin, I understood you to be a patriot.

  Benjamin Martin : 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 that they can, and they should. But if you are asking me, am I willing to go to war with England? Well, then the answer is most definately NO!

• Capt. Wilkins : [after they have locked the townspeople in the church]  Ready to fire the town on your order, sir.

  Colonel William Tavington : [laughs]  The town? Burn the church.

• Colonel William Tavington : Tell me, Captain Wilkins, where do your loyalties lie?

  Capt. Wilkins : To king and country, sir.

  Colonel William Tavington : And why should I trust a man who'd betray his neighbors?

  Capt. Wilkins : Those neighbors of mine who stand against England deserve to die a traitor's death.

  Colonel William Tavington : We'll see.