"England and France were rivals, not only on……" — Albert Bushnell Hart
"England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe."
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26 Quotes by Albert Bushnell Hart
Albert Bushnell Hart has 26 quotes on this site.
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In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.
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As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
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Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away…
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Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.
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Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.
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The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England…
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The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic…
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In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social…
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One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages…
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The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the…
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The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of…
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The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense…
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More Continent Quotes
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Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.
— James Agee
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we…
— Bono
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look…
— Bono
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People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through…
— David Cameron
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After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The…
— David Cameron
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What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today,…
— David Cameron
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
— Winston Churchill
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The biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer…
— Richard Lamm
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Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there.…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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Intercession is truly universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory prayer. No continent - no nation…
— Richard Halverson
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In order to persuade Britain to pack up, to compel her to make peace, it was essential to rob her…
— Adolf Hitler
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