Where is the quotation 'Go quietly into the night' from?

Answer 1

Go Quietly into the Night

This quote is from William Shakespeare's Henry V. Copied and modified for the film Independence Day. The end speech of the President:

"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.

We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:

"We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

A lot of US Presidents and speechwriters consult the works of Shakespeare to help compile moving speeches.

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Not to be confused with Dylan Thomas, who wrote: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night:"

"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a Green Bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. "

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Answer 2

The quote "Go quietly into the night" is a popular misquotation from the movie "Independence Day" (1996). The correct line is "We will not go quietly into the night" spoken by the character President Whitmore.