A scene from The Rock 1996
General Francis X. Hummel Ed Harris

[addressing Marines]

We have achieved our position through poise, precision and audacity. To this, we must now add resolve. We'll be branded as traitors. The gravest capital crime, punishable by death. A couple hundred years ago, a few guys named Washington, Jefferson, and Adams were branded traitors by the British - and now they're called patriots. In time, so shall we.

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