- William Wallace: And if this is your army, why does it go?
- Veteran: We didn't come here to fight for them!
- Young Soldier: Home! The English are too many!
- William Wallace: Sons of Scotland! I am William Wallace.
- Young Soldier: William Wallace is seven feet tall!
- William Wallace: Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.
- [Scottish army laughs]
- 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? Against that? No! We will run. And we will live.
- William Wallace: Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!
- William Wallace: [yelling, in Latin] Scotland forever
- [last lines]
- 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.
- Robert the Bruce: [his last line, to the Scots] You have bled with Wallace.
- [unsheathes his sword]
- Robert the Bruce: NOW BLEED WITH *ME*!
- Robert the Bruce: Lands, titles, men, power, nothing.
- Robert's Father: Nothing?
- Robert the Bruce: I have nothing. Men fight for me because if they do not, I throw them off my land and I starve their wives and their children. Those men who bled the ground red at Falkirk, they fought for William Wallace, and he fights for something that I never had. And I took it from him, when I betrayed him. I saw it in his face on the battlefield and it's tearing me apart.
- Robert's Father: All men betray. All lose heart.
- Robert the Bruce: I don't want to lose heart. I want to believe as he does.
- William Wallace: 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 that they have it.
- [to Longshanks]
- Princess Isabelle: You see? Death comes to us all. But before it comes to you, know this: your blood dies with you. A child who is not of your line grows in my belly. Your son will not sit long on the throne. I swear it.
- Stephen: [to William Wallace] The Almighty tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're fucked.
- Guard: Volunteers comin' in!
- Faudron: [kneels] William Wallace, we've come to fight and to die for you.
- William Wallace: Stand up, man, I'm not the Pope.
- Faudron: [smiles and stands] My name is Faudron. My sword is yours. I brought you this.
- [reaches for something, Hamish tries to stop him]
- Guard: We checked 'em for arms.
- Faudron: I brought you this.
- [pulls out a sash]
- Faudron: My wife made it for you.
- William Wallace: Thank you.
- Stephen: [starts laughing] Him? That can't be William Wallace. I'm *prettier* than this man!
- [to the sky]
- Stephen: Alright, Father, I'll ask him.
- [to William]
- Stephen: If I risk my neck for you, will I get a chance to kill Englishmen?
- Hamish: Is your father a ghost, or do you converse with the Almighty?
- Stephen: In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God.
- [to the sky]
- Stephen: Yes, Father!
- [to Hamish]
- Stephen: The Almight says, "Don't change the subject, just answer the fuckin' question."
- Hamish: Mind your tongue.
- Campbell: Insane Irish.
- Stephen: [draws a dagger on Campbell; everyone draws weapons] Smart enough to get a dagger past your guards, old man.
- William Wallace: That's my friend, Irishman. And the answer to your question is "yes". You fight for me, you get to kill the English.
- Stephen: [grins] Excellent!
- [removes his dagger]
- Stephen: Stephen is my name. I the most wanted man on my island, except I'm not on my island, of course. More's the pity.
- Hamish: "Your island"? You mean Ireland?
- Stephen: Yeah. It's mine.
- Hamish: You're a madman.
- Stephen: [nods and starts laughing, then Hamish does as well] I've come to the right place, then.
- Princess Isabelle: The king desires peace.
- William Wallace: Longshanks desires peace?
- Princess Isabelle: He declares it to me, I swear it. He proposes that you withdraw your attack. In return he grants you title, estates, and this chest of gold which I am to pay to you personally.
- William Wallace: A lordship and titles. Gold. That I should become Judas?
- Princess Isabelle: Peace is made in such ways.
- William Wallace: Slaves are made in such ways. The last time Longshanks spoke of peace I was a boy. And many Scottish nobles, who would not be slaves, were lured by him under a flag of truce to a barn, where he had them hanged. I was very young, but I remember Longshanks' notion of peace.
- Young William: I can fight.
- Malcolm Wallace: I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men.
- Murron: You're going to teach me to read, then?
- William Wallace: Aye, if you'd like.
- Murron: Aye!
- William Wallace: In what language?
- Murron: Ah, you're showing off now.
- William Wallace: That's right. Are you impressed yet?
- Murron: No. Why? Should I be?
- William Wallace: Oui. Parce que chaque jour j'ai pensé à toi.
- [Yes. Because every single day I've thought about you]
- Murron: [hesitates, impressed despite herself, then smiles] Do that standing on your head and I'll be impressed.
- William Wallace: Well, my kilt will fly up, but I'll try.
- Royal Magistrate: The prisoner wishes to say a word.
- William Wallace: [shouts loud and long] Freedom!
- Princess Isabelle: I understand you have suffered. I know... about your woman.
- William Wallace: [pauses] She was my wife. We married in secret because I would not share her with an English lord. They killed her to get to me. I've never spoken of it, I don't know why I tell you now, except... I see her strength in you. One day, you'll be a queen. And you must open your eyes. You tell your king that William Wallace will *not* be ruled... and nor will any Scot while I live.
- William Wallace: Go back to England and tell them there that Scotland's daughters and her sons are yours no more. Tell them Scotland is free.
- [Lord Bottoms had claimed the right of Prima Nocte and raped Morrison's bride on the first night of their marriage]
- Morrison: Do you remember me?
- Lord Bottoms: [scared] I never did her any harm. It was my right!
- Morrison: Your right? Well, I'm here to claim the right of a husband!
- [kills Lord Bottoms]
- King's Advisor: [to Princess] Sanguinarius homo indomitus est, et se me dite cum mendacia.
- [He is a bloody murdering savage. And he's telling lies]
- William Wallace: Ego nunquam pronunciari mendacium! Sed ego sum homo indomitus.
- [I never lie. But I am a savage]
- William Wallace: [to Princess] Ou en français, si vous préférez?
- [Or in French if you prefer?]
- Young William: What are they doin'?
- Argyle Wallace: Saying goodbye in their own way. Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes.
- Longshanks: Not my gentle son. The mere sight of him would only encourage an enemy to take over the whole country. So whom do I send?
- Longshanks: Archers.
- English Commander: I beg pardon, sire. Won't we hit our own troops?
- Longshanks: Yes... but we'll hit theirs as well. We have reserves. Attack.
- William Wallace: [seeing the spirit of his wife] I'm dreaming.
- Murron: Yes, you are. And you must wake.
- William Wallace: [pause] I don't want to wake. I want to stay here with you.
- Robert the Bruce: I respect what you said, but remember that these men have lands and castles. It's much to risk.
- William Wallace: And the common man, who bleeds on the battlefield, does he risk less?
- William Wallace: 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 and your men shall live. Do it not, and every one of you will die today.
- Argyle Wallace: Did the priest give a poetic benediction? "The Lord bless thee and keep thee...?
- Young William: It was in Latin.
- Argyle Wallace: You don't speak Latin? Well that's something we shall have to remedy, isn't it?
- Robert the Bruce: I'm not a coward. I want what you want, but we need the nobles.
- William Wallace: We need them?
- Robert the Bruce: Aye.
- William Wallace: Nobles.
- [laughs a little]
- William Wallace: Now tell me, what does that mean to be noble? Your title gives you claim to the throne of our country, but men don't follow titles, they follow courage. Now our people know you. Noble, and common, they respect you. And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I
- Robert's Father: At last, you know what it means to hate. Now you're ready to be a king.
- Robert the Bruce: My hate will die with you.
- Longshanks: What news of the North?
- Prince Edward: Nothing new, Your Majesty. We've sent riders to speed any word.
- Longshanks: I heard the word in France where I was fighting to expand your future kingdom. The word, my son, is that our entire Northern Army is *annihilated*.
- Argyle Wallace: First, learn to use
- [taps William's forehead]
- Argyle Wallace: this. Then I'll teach you to use
- [lifts the sword]
- Argyle Wallace: this.
- Hamish: Personal escort of the princess.
- William Wallace: Aye.
- Hamish: Musta made an impression.
- William Wallace: Aye.
- Hamish: I didn't think you were in the tent that long.
- Stephen: Fine speech. Now what do we do?
- William Wallace: Just be yourselves.
- Hamish: Where are you going?
- William Wallace: I'm going to pick a fight.
- Hamish: Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing.
- [William has asked Murron to go riding with him in the rain]
- Mother MacClannough: In this? You're out of your mind!
- William Wallace: Oh, it's good Scottish weather, madam. The rain is falling straight down. Well, slightly to the side like.
- Longshanks: Who is this person who speaks to me as though I needed his advice?
- Prince Edward: I have declared Phillip my high counselor.
- Longshanks: Is he qualified?
- Phillip: I am skilled in the arts of war and military tactics, Sire.
- Longshanks: Are you? Then tell me, what advice would you offer on the present situation?
- [Longshanks throws Philip through an open window to his death]
- William Wallace: Why do you help me?
- Princess Isabelle: Because of the way you are looking at me now.
- Princess Isabelle: I understand you have recently been given the rank of knight.
- William Wallace: I have been given nothing. God makes men what they are.
- Longshanks: Scottish rebels have routed one of my garrisons and murdered the noble lord.
- Prince Edward: I heard. This Wallace is a brigand, nothing more.
- Longshanks: And how would you deal with this 'brigand?'
- Prince Edward: Like any common thief. Have the local magistrate arrest him and punish him accordingly.
- Longshanks: [to all] Leave us.
- [room clears, then Longshanks strikes the Prince]
- Longshanks: Wallace has already killed the magistrate, and taken control of the town!
- King's Advisor: Milord, the princess might be taken hostage or her life be put in jeopardy.
- Longshanks: Oh, my son would be most distressed by that. Uh, but in truth, if she were to be killed, we would soon find the king of France a useful ally against the Scots. You see, as king, you must find the good in any situation.
- 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.
- Robert's Father: I'm the one who's rotting, but I think your face looks graver than mine. Son, we must have alliance with England to prevail here. You achieved that. You saved your family; increased your land. In time you will have all the power in Scotland.
- Robert the Bruce: Lands, titles, men, power... Nothing.
- Robert's Father: Nothing?
- Robert the Bruce: I have nothing. Men fight for me because if they do not, I throw them off my land and I starve their wives and children. Those men who bled the ground red at Falkirk fought for William Wallace. He fights for something that I never had. And I took it from him when I betrayed him. I saw it in his face on the battlefield and it's tearing me apart.
- Robert's Father: All men betray. All lose heart.
- Robert the Bruce: I don't want to lose heart! I want to believe as he does... I will never be on the wrong side again.
- William Wallace: I came back home to raise crops, and God willing, a family. If I can live in peace, I will.
- William Wallace: Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.
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