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The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph… we must not retreat. — George III Copy Share Image
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Without the pen of Paine , the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” — John Adams Copy Share Image
Do you think if the stamp-act is repealed, that the North Americans will be satisfied? — Peter Thomas Copy Share Image
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the… — Thomas Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This is where the Continental Congress met over two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. So, Lancaster was actually the capital… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
“It was Jefferson’s genius that kept the American Revolution from being sucked into the tunnel faster than it was. Jefferson had red… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Would it be such a terrible thing for us to fall in love?" he asked. ... "Ask me again in the morning.” — Donna Thurland Copy Share Image
This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people. — Henry Seymour Conway Copy Share Image
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve… — Edward Pearson Pressey Copy Share Image
Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“There was something else amusing about the house: the irony that the most important battle of the American Revolution--the shoot-out at the… — Josh Barkan Copy Share Image
“Chapter 4 Tyranny Is Tyranny Around 1776, certain important people in the English colonies made a discovery that would prove enormously useful… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“the all-time master of exits wanted to make his final departure from the public stage the occasion for explaining his own version… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
“Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was… — Haynes Johnson Copy Share Image
“It was because 'in 1776 our fathers retired the gods from politics.' The basic principle of the American Republic is the freedom… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger?… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis Copy Share Image
We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together. — John Hancock Copy Share Image
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