:14:01
...in support of a continental army.
:14:04
l ask that South Carolina be the ninth.
:14:07
Massachusetts and Virginia
may be at war...
:14:12
...but South Carolina is not!
:14:14
Hear, hear.
:14:16
This is not a war for the independence
of one or two colonies...
:14:21
...but for the independence
of one nation.
:14:24
And what nation is that?
:14:27
An American nation!
:14:30
There is no such nation
and to speak of one is treason.
:14:33
We are citizens of an American nation.
:14:37
And our rights are being threatened...
:14:40
...by a tyrant 3000 miles away.
:14:44
Would you tell me, please,
Mr. Howard...
:14:47
...why should l trade one tyrant
3000 miles away...
:14:52
...for 3000 tyrants one mile away?
:15:01
An elected legislature can trample
a man`s rights as easily as a king can.
:15:08
Captain Martin...
:15:11
...l understood you to be a patriot.
:15:14
lf you mean by ``patriot,`` am l angry
about taxation without representation?
:15:19
Well, yes, l am.
:15:21
Should the American colonies govern
themselves independently?
:15:27
l believe they can. And they should.
:15:31
But if you`re asking me am l willing
to go to war with England...
:15:36
...then the answer is
most definitely no.
:15:45
This from the same Captain Benjamin
Martin whose fury was so famous...
:15:50
...during the Wilderness campaign?
:15:54
l was intemperate in my youth.
:15:56
Temperance can be a disguise for fear.