- Sybil Ludington: What's wrong, Mr. Hiller?
- James: This is boring. There's no story here.
- Sybil Ludington: Then maybe you should do something useful and join my father's regiment instead of trying to write about it.
- James: I don't need you to tell me how to be useful.
- Sybil Ludington: Obviously, you do.
- James: Reporting on what's happening in the war helps us pull together.
- Sybil Ludington: And fighting in the war helps us win.
- James: That's it.
- [leaves hastily]
- Benedict Arnold: Since Congress has now made it clear that it does not consider it in the best interest of the United States of America to promote me to major general, my only honorable course of action is to resign from the Continental Army.
- Henri: General Arnold's passion has forced him back into the fight. It is a passion for freedom shared by so many of his countrymen, but Benedict Arnold has a passion for more than freedom. It is a passion for honor and for glory. Maybe even for battle itself.
- James: Ms. Ludington?
- Sybil Ludington: Yes, Mr. Hiller?
- James: You know that story I'm writing about unsung heroes of the revolution?
- Sybil Ludington: Yes, Mr. Hiller.
- James: With your permission, I would like to write it about you.
- Sybil Ludington: Mr. Hiller?
- James: Yes, Ms. Ludington?
- Sybil Ludington: I supposed that would be acceptable.
- Benedict Arnold: Although you, the congress, have finally seen fit to promote me to the ranks of major general, you have failed to return to me the seniority of my actions merit. Therefore, conscious of my own rectitude, I here by resign from the army of the United States of America.