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In the colossal movie, "Braveheart" (1995), Mel Gibson's character, Scottish freedom-fighter, William Wallace, gave, without a doubt, the greatest war speech in movie history. The men of Scotland were facing a vastly superior number of English

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Comment by Powell Gammill
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"Why would you trade 1 tyrant 3,000 miles away for 3,000 tyrants less than 1 mile away?"

The movie made famous the real quote uttered by Mather Byles, Cotton Mather’s grandson, to Nathaniel Emmons in Massachusetts.

Aye, vote against your masters in Britain. But do not swap them for a similar bunch of ruling thugs in Edinburgh. Be Scotsmen. Be free. And what does freedom mean? It means something. It means be free from what? From government.

'If ye love wealth greater than Liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.' --- Samuel Adams

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