Unwarranted search and seizure by the government officials was unacceptable to the American revolutionaries. Shouldn't it be unacceptable in the digital age,… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives… — James Otis Copy Share Image
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
You and I love understanding American Revolution, but let's also understand the digital revolution, because that makes us more comfortable with our… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live… — George III Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan [ cite the founders] on behalf of emphasizing the faith of our founders, of limited government, of the uniqueness and… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“Other examples of granfalloons are the Communist party, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Electric Company, the International Order of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“below. In an unclouded harmony of tastes and interests they cultivated ferns in Wardian cases, made macrame lace and wool embroidery on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular;… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In short I must confide in you to take such care of the men under you as an economical householder would of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights,… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Perhaps no two events ever united so intimately and forceably to combat and expel prejudice, as the Revolution of America, and the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“A citizen of the United States, means a member of this new nation. The principle of government being radically changed by the… — David Ramsay Copy Share Image
“Loving, of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has besides no meaning. It is incumbent on man, as a moralist,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The American revolution, the terms are these: not that I drive you out or that you drive me out, but that we… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Lincoln embraced the Declaration of Independence before and during the Civil War to justify both prosecuting the war and abolishing slavery, Wilson… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“Limiting the power of government, in order to liberate the individual, was the great American revolutionary insight. Too much cooperation, avoiding conflict… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, We… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Martha Washington was terrified of battlefields, yet she spent fully half of the American Revolution with her husband George, a courageous act… — Steven L. Harrison Copy Share Image
“With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.” — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
“Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.” — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them. — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants! — William Shirley Copy Share Image
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by… — Benjamin Hawkins Copy Share Image
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American! — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American… — Adelle Davis Copy Share Image
The American revolution not only cost Britain the 13 colonies but also forced it to rethink the slave trade and slavery, and… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina… — Billie Burke Copy Share Image
A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step... — George Washington Copy Share Image
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile. — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
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