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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 26516 |
| QUOTATION: | I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Nathan Hale (1755–1776), U.S. revolutionary soldier. Speech, September 22, 1776, before being executed as a spy by the British. In his play Cato, act 4, sc. 4. Joseph Addison had written similar words: “What pity is it/That we can die but once to serve our country!” |
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