Capt. Wilkins Quotes in The Patriot (2000)

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Capt. Wilkins Quotes:

  • 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.

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