“- Alexander Bullock: I don't mind giving the government 60% of what I make. But I can't do it when my family spends 50%!
- Irene Bullock: Why should the government get more money than your own family?”
Eugene Pallette - Alexander Bullock
Carole Lombard - Irene Bullock

“- 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

“You'd think educating children would be more of a priority in this country but you'd be wrong. Government's got better things to spend our money on, like corporate handouts and building bombs.”
Frances Sternhagen - Irene Reppler