Free State of Jones

Col. Robert Lowry: "They pulled all of Jones, Jasper, Perry and half of Smith County."
Chester: "How is that even possible?"

"These men are here to vote and they're not, they might dine a whole lot less than you do."

Rachel: "The winds are shifting and you can't fight it this time."
Newton Knight: "No. There's plenty left to fight for."

"They're poor farmers, deserters, who frankly, sir, don't have much to lose."

"From this day forward we declare the land north of Pascagoula Swamp, south of enterprise and east to the Pearl River to the Alabama border, to be a Free State of Jones. And as such we do hereby proclaim and affirm the following principles. Number one, no man ought to stay poor so another man can get rich. Number two, no man ought to tell another man what you got to live for or what he's got to die for. Number three, what you put in the ground is yours to tend and harvest and there ain't no man ought to be able to take that away from you. Number four, every man is a man. If you walk on two legs, you're a man. It's as simple as that."

"This fight's for our children and their children's children."

"I don't have the patience if five for six deserters are hiddin' out in a swamp. Just hang 'em."

Newton Knight: "Mr. Moses, what are you?"
Moses Washington: "A free man, captain."
Newton Knight: "Sure is."