--- title: "8 American Revolutionary Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 American Revolutionary quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best American Revolutionary sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/patrick-henry-3071_american-revolution_is-life-so-dear-or-peace-so-sweet-as-to_489003.png" --- > [Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/is-life-so-dear-or-peace-so-sweet-as-to-be-purchased-at-the-price-of/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/patrick-henry-3071_american-revolution_is-life-so-dear-or-peace-so-sweet-as-to_489003.png) > [In 1984, Jim Koch used his family's lager recipe to start Boston Beer Company, which has since become the largest 'craft' brewer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-flock/in-1984-jim-koch-used-his-family-s-lager-recipe-to-start-boston-beer/) [Elizabeth Flock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-flock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/elizabeth-flock-10723_american_in-1984-jim-koch-used-his-family-s-lager_1766009.jpg) > [To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-burke/to-survive-there-you-need-the-ambition-of-a-latin-american/) [Billie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/billie-burke-34211_ambition_to-survive-there-you-need-the-ambition-o_1787717.png) > [“To evoke another great phrase of the American revolutionary heritage — widely though inconclusively attributed to Thomas Jefferson — the price of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-andress/to-evoke-another-great-phrase-of-the-american-revolutionary-heritage/) [David Andress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-andress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/david-andress-182443_america_to-evoke-another-great-phrase-of-the-ame_1859201.jpg) > [“Limiting the power of government, in order to liberate the individual, was the great American revolutionary insight. Too much cooperation, avoiding conflict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/limiting-the-power-of-government-in-order-to-liberate-the-individual/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/john-taylor-gatto-4736_american-revolution_limiting-the-power-of-government-in-orde_2003525.jpg) > [“below. In an unclouded harmony of tastes and interests they cultivated ferns in Wardian cases, made macrame lace and wool embroidery on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/below-in-an-unclouded-harmony-of-tastes-and-interests-they-cultivated/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/anonymous-1_american-revolution_below-in-an-unclouded-harmony-of-tastes_2067275.jpg) > [“In this book the reader will find, I hope, an antidote for historical amnesia. To this day, the public remembers the Revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-b-nash/in-this-book-the-reader-will-find-i-hope-an-antidote-for-historical/) [Gary B. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-b-nash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/gary-b-nash-238948_american-people_in-this-book-the-reader-will-find-i-hope_2634094.jpg) > [On June 22, 2008, at the age of 71, an American revolutionary died. He was a bona fide genius, an outspoken critich,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/on-june-22-2008-at-the-age-of-71-an-american-revolutionary-died-he/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/corey-taylor-1968_age_on-june-22-2008-at-the-age-of-71-an-amer_2855316.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-revolutionary/#itemlist", "name": "American Revolutionary Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! 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I ask readers to expand their conception of revolutionary American society and to consider the multiple agendas—the stuff of ideas, dreams, and aspirations—that sprang from its highly diverse and fragmented character. It is not hard today to understand that American people in all their diversity entertain a variety of ideas about what they want their nation to be and what sort of America they want for their children. Much the same was true two centuries ago. But from a distance of more than two centuries we don’t think about our nation’s birth that way. It is more comforting to think about united colonists rising up as a unified body to get the British lion’s paw off the backs of their necks. That is a noble and inspiring David and Goliath story, but it is not what actually happened. It is assuredly not the story of radical democracy’s work during the Revolution. This book presents a people’s revolution, an upheaval among the most heterogeneous people to be found anywhere along the Atlantic littoral in the eighteenth century. The book’s thrust is to complicate the well-established core narrative by putting before the reader bold figures, ideas, and movements, highlighting the true radicalism of the American Revolution that was indispensable to the origins, conduct, character, and outcome of the world-shaking event.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary B. 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He was a bona fide genius, an outspoken critich, a literary giant and an unprecedented visionary. For 50 years he entertained, challenged and amazed not only my generation, but also ones before mine and well after. He was sensational, brilliant, iconic and unique - the quintessential individual. He was my lifelong hero. 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