I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my…

I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class.

— H. W. Brands

“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for a government…

— Njau Kihia

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

— William H. Prescott

The shot heard round the world.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was the transforming…

— Haynes Johnson

But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The…

— John Adams

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our…

— Samuel Adams

“The British government in 1807 had issued the “Orders in Council,” which enforced a naval blockade against France, and with a shortage of seamen…

— Charles River Editors

“There were counter-protests, of course, and in the end Mapplethorpe’s work was exhibited, but the message to the arts community was clear: stray too…

— David Bayles

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

— John Adams

“Wyoming got an Algonquian name from Pennsylvania meaning “large prairie,” but the adoption came only after a long fight. Decades before the settling of…

— Jack Weatherford

Obama is now fighting for his life. He's fighting for a federal government. I believe in a federal government. I hope it sticks around.…

— Oliver Stone

But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who were in…

— Katie Pavlich

“The important point of this report [Montague, Massachusetts; July 7, 1774] may be summed up in six resolutions: 1. We approve of the plan…

— Edward Pearson Pressey