Nathan Hale Quotes & Sayings

Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words! — Nathan Hale

If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious. — Nathan Hale

One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression ... by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead. J.R.R. Tolkien — Nathan Hale

I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. — Nathan Hale

I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends. — Nathan Hale

I only regret that I have but one life to loose for my country. — Nathan Hale

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief. — Nathan Hale

Shun all vice, especially card playing. — Nathan Hale

Hale is in the American pantheon not because of what he did but because of why he did it. — Nathan Hale

I regret that I have only a little bit of pocket lint to give to my country. — Nathan Hale

Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence. — Nathan Hale

I have but one life to live for my country — Nathan Hale

I should probably bequeath the copyrights to my screenplay for Spies Like Us, just in case. — Nathan Hale