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Nathan Hale Quotes

Total quotes: 12
“"You thought, no doubt, I took my leave that Night,
But ’tis not so; you ha’n’t come off so bright. It’s true,
I said good By; But Notwithstanding, I only took my leave of Haddam Landing. "”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: Doubt, Reason, Leave, Farewell, goodbye, Journey, Place
“It is the duty of every officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief”
— Nathan Hale, Haunted Heritage: A Definitive Collection of North American Ghost Stories
Tagged: Duty, officer, Military, Soldier, Service, country, commander, chief
“"I trust, our Friendship though begun of late
Hath been no less sincere, than intimate.
Of this I’m sure; I’ve not as yet regretted,
That to your Company I’ve been admitted. "”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale(Profiles in American History)
Tagged: Friendship, Relationship, People, Person, begin, Start, Sincere, Intimate, True, Emotion, Feeling, company, Presence
“I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life of a Colonial Freedom Fighter
Tagged: Good, Service, honorable, Necessary, Need, Society, purpose, Public Service, People
“If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: exigencies, Need, Demand, Want, country, Society, Service, purpose, public
“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”
— Nathan Hale, Preserve Us a Nation
Tagged: Fight, Liberty, Independence, Freedom, Independent, Gentlemen, People, purpose
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: Cause, Satisfaction, Regret, Sadness, Remorse, Lives, Life, Living, purpose, Service, help, favor
“I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale, 1776: Biography and Memorials
Tagged: Fear, Politics, Scared, enemies, Friends, country, alliances
“"A Line or two can give no great Offense, ‘Tho’void
every thing that looks like Sense:
For if you’re not inclined, you need not read them,
But have my leave to burn them, with all Freedom. "”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: Words, expression, Offense, hurt, Read, Freedom, Will, Choice
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: Regret, Sad, Life, Living, purpose, Loss, Lose, country, Sacrifice, Patriot
“"Good by is not enough, it needs more words than
Two, When friends do bid a long Adieu"”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: goodbye, Farewell, bye, Words, Enough, Express, adieu, Relationship, Friend, Friendship
“Shun all vice, especially card playing.”
— Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy
Tagged: Vice, Temptation, wrongdoing, shun, avoid, Games, Gambling, cards
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