A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
For the fate of Charles the first, hath only made kings more subtle — not more just. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month. — 5th Viscount Howe William Howe Copy Share Image
“God was not in the details for Jefferson; he was in the sky and stars.” — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt. — Nathanael Greene Copy Share Image
It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain. — Thomas Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that… — Sam Ervin 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
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
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands 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
So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to… — Simon Newcomb 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
“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
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
“New Englanders began the Revolution not to institute reforms and changes in the order of things, but to save the institutions and… — Edward Pearson Pressey Copy Share Image
Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
I myself am a very, very peaceful person. Throughout our history, from our own American revolution to the resistance against apartheid in… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“John Adams, by then one of the country's founding fathers, wrote to a friend: "I know not why we should blush to… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all… — Irwin Winkler Copy Share Image
We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“In this book the reader will find, I hope, an antidote for historical amnesia. To this day, the public remembers the Revolution… — Gary B. Nash Copy Share Image
“Wyoming got an Algonquian name from Pennsylvania meaning “large prairie,” but the adoption came only after a long fight. Decades before the… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
The transformations of the French empire itself or of French power structures themselves as well as the emergence of a kind of… — Laurent Dubois Copy Share Image
The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“To evoke another great phrase of the American revolutionary heritage — widely though inconclusively attributed to Thomas Jefferson — the price of… — David Andress Copy Share Image
On the subject of the history of the American Revolution, you ask who shall write it? Who can write it? And who… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together. — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty. — George Washington Copy Share Image
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis Copy Share Image
Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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