“It was Jefferson’s genius that kept the American Revolution from being sucked into the tunnel faster than it was. Jefferson had red… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Would it be such a terrible thing for us to fall in love?" he asked. ... "Ask me again in the morning.” — Donna Thurland Copy Share Image
Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This is where the Continental Congress met over two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. So, Lancaster was actually the capital… — Dan Quayle 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
“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
A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step... — George Washington Copy Share Image
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In 1984, Jim Koch used his family's lager recipe to start Boston Beer Company, which has since become the largest 'craft' brewer… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
That these are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty, with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Dicky and Maude lived within familiar confines: the Ivy League, the Junior League, The Social Register, Emily Post, Lilly Pulitzer, the Daughters… — Maggie Shipstead Copy Share Image
A disunited people till the end of time, suspicious and distrustful of each other, [the Americans] will be divided and subdivided into… — Josiah Tucker Copy Share Image
“As George Marsden reminds us, “at the time of the American Revolution there was no distinctly ‘Christian’ line of political thought as… — Steven K. Green Copy Share Image
Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
“In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the product of a purging, which freed societies from the accumulated debris… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I think that most people don't think in terms of an American revolution, they think in terms of a Russian revolution, or… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them.… — Nephi Copy Share Image
“The great American dream that reached out to the stars has been lost to the stripes. We have forgotten where we came… — Saul D. Alinsky Copy Share Image
“Gabrielle’s car climbed up Skyline Drive into the Ramapo Mountains. The road was only forty-five minutes from Manhattan, but it might as… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“The bibles (in English translation) are Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfare by Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith, USMC (Ret), which contains General… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
“ The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists . Deism was… — Farrell Till 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
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
“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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them. — Bernard Bailyn 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