“He's a liar and a drunk. Piss on the president. Piss on the cabinet. He ain't gonna help us out here, you know. In Texas, robbers are outlaws. In Washington, robbers are elected. Isn't that right?”

John Bennett Perry - Ranger Captain Dan Reid

“Parents always lie to their children, to prepare them for the way they'll be treated later by the government.”
Jean-Hugues Anglade - Sebastien

“- Peter 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?”

Joey D. Vieira - Peter Howard
Mel Gibson - 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!”
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can.”
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin