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William Wallace: Every man dies, not every man really lives.
Narrator: "I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan known…
Longshanks: "The trouble with Scotland... is that it's full of Scots."
Longshanks (of his newly instituted Prima Nocte on the Scots): "If we can't get them out... we'll breed them out."
William Wallace (to the Scottish nobles): "There's a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure…
Stephen - the Irishman (to William Wallace, after killing a would-be assassin): "I didn't like him anyway. He wasn't right in the head."
Scottish Commander "Where is thy salute?" William Wallace: "For presenting yourself on this battlefield, I give you thanks." Scottish Commander: "This is our army. To join it, you give homage." William Wallace: "I give homage to Scotland.…
William Wallace: "I AM William Wallace! And I see a whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny. You've come to fight as free men... and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight?" Veteran: "Fight?…
William Wallace (to the English Commander): "Here are Scotland's terms. Lower your flags, and march straight back to England, stopping at every home you pass by, to beg forgiveness for a hundred years of theft, rape, and murder. Do that,…
Stephen - the Irishman (to William Wallace, in battle): "The Lord tells me he can get ME out of this mess, but he's pretty sure -- you're f*cked." (cackles)
English Commander: "The archers are ready, sire." Longshanks: "Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing."
Longshanks: "Archers." English Commander: "I beg pardon, sire. Wouldn't we hit our own troops?" Longshanks (glaring): "...Yes... But we'll hit theirs, as well... We have reserves. Attack!"
William Wallace (awaiting torture and execution): "If I swear to him, (Longshanks), then all that I am, is dead already." Princess Isabelle (weeping): "You will die. It will be awful." William Wallace: "Every man dies... Not every man…
Royal Magistrate (to William Wallace, being disemboweled): "It can all end, right now... Peace... lives... Just say it... cry out... Mercy... Cry out... Just say it... Mercy... (addressing the crowd) The prisoner wishes to say a word..."…
William Wallace (voiceover): "In the Year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland -- starving and outnumbered -- charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets; they fought like Scotsmen... and won their freedom."