As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
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If now we were livingin the Revolutionary War and George Washington he being arrested through Britain. For sure he, they would consider… — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Copy Share Image
Writing for a newspaper is like running a revolutionary war. You go to battle not when you are ready, but when action… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“With the distanced drumbeat of the Revolution, the chink of coins suddenly became more important than commitment to the cause.” — Nancy Rubin Stuart Copy Share Image
If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they… — John Linder Copy Share Image
In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now. — Thomas Gage Copy Share Image
I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“In other words, ideas, when implemented, turn into precedents with unpredictable and potentially disturbing consequences. As the British historian and politician Lord… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“This is the war where we change. This is the trickster war. It's where we disappear, just like they desire us disappear.… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Rockton is no more Oliver than Churchgrove is Lord Kirkwood,” Lady Minerva said stoutly. “Then why did you steal my name for… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
From the time of the Revolutionary War, when citizens stood forward to defend their liberties against the depredations of tyranny. All the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“On a number of occasions, Tamara joined “Che” on his sorties into the Bolivian highlands, without incident. However, on March 24, 1967,… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
Without armed struggle neither the proletariat, nor the people, nor the Communist Party would have any standing at all in China and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“They then said they would give me pork and lasses; and then inquired what execution some cannon had done, just before fired… — Joseph Plumb Martin Copy Share Image
“March 1774 by declaring the port of Boston closed until the East India Company had been compensated for its losses. This was… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
“If the Britannica has taught me anything, it's to be more careful. I don't want to turn into an unseemly noun or… — A.J. Jacobs 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
Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War, and so there was a debt owed. We paid it. If we have done… — Danny K. Davis Copy Share Image
America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
Latinos have fought in all of America’s wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
“Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge your eyes. Carve out your… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
It is only in revolutionary struggle against the capitalists of every country, and only in union with the working women and men… — Alexandra Kollontai Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Over 300,000 veterans from the U.S. armed forces, from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, have been laid to rest… — Patricia Schultz Copy Share Image
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
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“The young man looked down from the cart at the people in front of him. Jonah felt his teacher’s eyes meet his… — Anna Myers Copy Share Image
“Adams drew back. He wanted Hannah, but he did not live for her. Making a name for himself was more important. He… — John Ferling Copy Share Image
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