Public Quotes by 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 only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

— Nathan Hale

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

— Nathan Hale

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

— Nathan Hale

I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for…

— Nathan Hale

Natan is a good man

— Nathan Hale

“I have but one life to live for my country”

— Nathan Hale

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

— Nathan Hale

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

— Nathan Hale

Shun all vice, especially card playing.

— Nathan Hale

I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for…

— Nathan Hale

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

— Nathan Hale