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> [Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/yonder-are-the-hessians-they-were-bought-for-seven-pounds-and/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

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> [Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/tonight-the-american-flag-floats-from-yonder-hill-or-molly-stark/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

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## Other authors on American flag

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## More by John Stark

> [If the Lord should once more give us sunshine and I do not give you enough fighting, I will never ask you to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/if-the-lord-should-once-more-give-us-sunshine-and-i-do-not-give-you/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

> [There are your enemies, the Red Coats and the Tories. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/there-are-your-enemies-the-red-coats-and-the-tories-they-are-ours-or/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

> [Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/yonder-are-the-hessians-they-were-bought-for-seven-pounds-and/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

> [Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/tonight-the-american-flag-floats-from-yonder-hill-or-molly-stark/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

> [I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great charter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/i-am-now-the-friend-of-the-equal-rights-of-men-of-representative/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

> [“Live Free or Die; Death is Not the Worst of Evils.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stark/live-free-or-die-death-is-not-the-worst-of-evils/)

[John Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stark/)

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