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
Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished. — Thomas Paine 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
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
“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
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
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve… — Edward Pearson Pressey Copy Share Image
Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Long accustomed to the use of European manufactures, [the Cherokee Indians] are as incapable of returning to their habits of skinsand furs… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“the crisis that came upon the English colonies in the American Revolution was constitutional. It raised the question of how men should… — Robert Middlekauff Copy Share Image
Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in… — Samuel Adams 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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
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
Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words. — William S. Burroughs 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
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
[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
“From 1783 at the end of the American Revolution to 1861, the number of slaves in the United States increased five times… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
“I am an aristocrat," Virginian John Randolph would explain decades after the American Revolution. "I love liberty; I hate equality.” — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched… — Mercy Otis Warren 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
Our country's honor calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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