Nathan Hale Quotes
A captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Captured by the British, he was hanged as a spy.
(1755 - 1776)
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I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
[Patriotism]
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I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.
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