The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I dare say the men would fight very well if properly officered, although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people. — 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
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
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
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
“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
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile. — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy plains… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve… — Thomas Jefferson 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
“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
“I said. “I’m fine. I have a little bit of a head ache, but I’m not dizzy or nauseous. I can walk… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners,… — Nancy Cartwright Copy Share Image
“The idea of an earthly paradise in which men should live together in a state of brotherhood, without laws and without brute… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A revolution is bloody, but America is in a unique position. She's the only country in history in a position actually to… — Malcolm X 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
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
“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
“[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
The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.” — George Washington Copy Share Image
In no obvious sense was the American Revolution undertaken as a social revolution. — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight. — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
Do you think if the stamp-act is repealed, that the North Americans will be satisfied? — Peter Thomas Copy Share Image
“Without the pen of Paine , the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” — John Adams Copy Share Image
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