William Wallace rallies a retreating Scottish army by challenging their fears and redefining the cost of freedom. He uses humor and raw emotional appeal to convince the soldiers that living as cowards is a greater price than dying for their independence.
WALLACE: Sons of Scotland!... I am William Wallace!
SOLDIER: William Wallace is seven feet tall!
WALLACE: Yes, I have heard! He kills men by the hundreds! And if he were here, he would consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his ass!
[Many laugh -- all get the point]
WALLACE: I am William Wallace. And my enemies do not go away. I saw out good nobles hanged. My wife... I am William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny.
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