In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now. — Thomas Gage Copy Share Image
If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they… — John Linder Copy Share Image
“With the distanced drumbeat of the Revolution, the chink of coins suddenly became more important than commitment to the cause.” — Nancy Rubin Stuart Copy Share Image
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
If now we were livingin the Revolutionary War and George Washington he being arrested through Britain. For sure he, they would consider… — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Copy Share Image
Rick Perry said America's revolutionary war was fought in the 16th century. When told it was actually the 18th century, Perry apologized… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, not everyone was celebrating. It is estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of the… — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
Many, many people of the Revolutionary generation, the generation that fought in the Revolutionary War, understood that slavery was somehow in contradiction… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
“Over 300,000 veterans from the U.S. armed forces, from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, have been laid to rest… — Patricia Schultz Copy Share Image
“The historical significance of the fact that we were going out on a joint raid with German Special Operations was lost on… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Rockton is no more Oliver than Churchgrove is Lord Kirkwood,” Lady Minerva said stoutly. “Then why did you steal my name for… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
From the time of the Revolutionary War, when citizens stood forward to defend their liberties against the depredations of tyranny. All the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“This is the war where we change. This is the trickster war. It's where we disappear, just like they desire us disappear.… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“Tentacles is my term — the Tentacles are the evil tasks that invade my life. Like, for example, my American History class… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“At the top of the Palisades in Weehawken, New Jersey is a small park known as the Dueling Grounds. This Revolutionary War… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“For that particular community, for my community, the message has long been clear: The Civil War is a story for white people—acted… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I resume my pen, in reply to the curious epistle, you have been pleased to favour me with; and can assure you,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The American idea my ancestors fought for during the Revolutionary War is as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
It [eBook] is like introducing the machine gun to a revolutionary war. It changes everything. If you can reach your fans directly… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and the shape of the modern world, turned… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. George Washington, Revolutionary… — George Washington Copy Share Image
During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W.… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image