Top 9 Quotes by Nathan Hale

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Inspirational, Life, Country

Before being executed as a spy by the British, 22 September 1776, in Henry Phelps Johnston 'Nathan Hale, 1776' (1914) ch. 7.

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

Nathan Hale

Fighting, Gentleman, Independence

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

Nathan Hale

Thinking, America, Enemy

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

Nathan Hale

4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence

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. If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.

Nathan Hale

Expectations, Wish, Rewards

"Life of Captain Nathan Hale". Book by Isaac William Stuart, p. 94, 1856.