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I was intemperate in my youthTemperance can be a disguise for fear
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The Patriot

Temperance can be a convenient disguise for fear

Benjamin Martin:
I was intemperate in my youth.Patriot Middleton:Temperance can be a convenient disguise for fear

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I was intemperate in my youth
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Temperance can be a disguise for fear
Available in 3 languages
Duration
6 seconds
Views
1,222
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:32
Uploaded
Mar 01, 2026
Genres
drama, history, war, action
Production
Columbia Pictures,Mutual Film Company,Centropolis Entertainment,Global Medien KG

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Movie Summary

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Actors

Mel Gibson
Benjamin Martin
Mel Gibson
Patriot Middleton
Randell Haynes
I have seven childrenMy wife is deadNow who's to care for them if I go to warWars are not fought only by childless men - The Patriot 00:16
I have seven childrenMy wife is deadNow who's to care...
I will not fight. - The Patriot 00:15
I will not fight.
I'm a parent. - The Patriot 00:06
I'm a parent.
You intend to enlist without my permission? - The Patriot 00:06
You intend to enlist without my permission?
Father, I thought you were a man of principle. - The Patriot 00:06
Father, I thought you were a man of principle.
When you have a family of your own, perhaps you'll understand. - The Patriot 00:12
When you have a family of your own, perhaps you'll...
He's as imprudent as his father was at his age. - The Patriot 00:22
He's as imprudent as his father was at his age.
Dear Thomas: Though many seasons have passed......it seems like only yesterday when we last saw each other in Charles Town. - The Patriot 00:15
Dear Thomas: Though many seasons have passed......it seems...
I received a letter from Aunt Charlotte......saying she closed her home in Charles Town after the city fell......and moved to her plantation on the Santee. - The Patriot 00:11
I received a letter from Aunt Charlotte......saying she...
My good friend, Peter Cuppin, fell at Elizabethtown. - The Patriot 00:07
My good friend, Peter Cuppin, fell at Elizabethtown.
We will march south with General Gates......to fight the Redcoats under Cornwallis. - The Patriot 00:08
We will march south with General Gates......to fight the...
I envy you......your youth and distance from this cruel conflict of which I am a part. - The Patriot 00:31
I envy you......your youth and distance from this cruel...
Not yet ThomasWhenSeventeenThat's two years It's already been twoThe war could be over by then God willing - The Patriot 00:19
Not yet ThomasWhenSeventeenThat's two years It's...
Father? - The Patriot 00:07
Father?
- Throw it faster. - The Patriot 00:06
- Throw it faster.
Margaret, you go get your brothers back up here right now. - The Patriot 00:06
Margaret, you go get your brothers back up here right now.
Back to the house. - The Patriot 00:10
Back to the house.
They're going to come. - The Patriot 00:07
They're going to come.
Six-pounders. - The Patriot 00:19
Six-pounders.
We'll have to fight them off. - The Patriot 00:15
We'll have to fight them off.