“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army. — Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Copy Share Image
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
All power is lodged in, and consequently derived from, the people. We should wear it as a breastplate, and buckle it on… — George Mason Copy Share Image
“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.” — David Grann Copy Share Image
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There are cases - for example, the American Revolution. George Washington's army lost just about every battle with the British, who had… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
“Journals of the House ofRepresent- atives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Beginning the twenty-eighth Day of November 1776, and Ending the second… — Francis Fox Copy Share Image
“Simm watched the hanging with disgust. Why would the young man pretend to be a spy when he had no skills and… — Dory Codington Copy Share Image
Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
It's not uncommon for revolutions to stem from a radicalized group just outside the circle of power. That's what the French Revolution… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“In the eighteenth century, with the growth of publishing and with the intellectual climate of the Enlightenment, there was a great demand… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“Americans have found it particularly difficult to come to terms with our “slave origins,” perhaps because the national history of the United… — Gavin Wright Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw and Johnathan Goldsmith Dos Equis did a 500 billion page Essay Presentation based on the Economic issues proved particularly contentious… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
Honor, justice and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty, which we received from our… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
Maya Jasanoff's Liberty's Exiles places the loyalist experience and the aftermath of the American Revolution in an entirely new light. Alongside the… — Sean Wilentz Copy Share Image
“[I]t is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or of any number of men, at the entering… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“For the primary goal of the American Revolution which transferred American life and introduced a new era in human history, was not… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
“The British government in 1807 had issued the “Orders in Council,” which enforced a naval blockade against France, and with a shortage… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I can't rightly say where deciding to write about the American Revolution came from; I had bits and pieces of information about… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
From an early period, I had the happiness to rank among the foremost in the American Revolution. In the affection and confidence… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
“Although Wilson proclaimed neutrality, his sympathies, like those of many Americans, lay with Great Britain and France. Americans gratefully remembered crucial French… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Carl Degler says (Out of Our Past): “No new social class came to power through the door of the American revolution. The… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“It took Molly a long time to get to sleep. She kept thinking of all the exciting things that had happened. And… — Deborah G. Felder Copy Share Image
“Language itself is so value-laden as to render value-neutrality almost impossible. Growing up in England I was introduced to the American Revolution… — Arthur F. Holmes Copy Share Image
“whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk. As the U.S. Naval… — Jocko Willink Copy Share Image
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“As time would prove, he had written one of the great, enduring documents of the American Revolution. The constitution of the Commonwealth… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
There are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call American. They are the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve… — Alexander Spotswood Copy Share Image
It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings and praises, if happily we are… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The heritage of the American Revolution is forgotten, and the American government, for better and for worse, has entered into theheritage of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
If you want to be a great American, you have got to understand Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, how the American… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
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