Battle Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

— Gerald R. Ford

The American idea my ancestors fought for during the Revolutionary War is as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago.

— Madison Cawthorn

There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

— Gerald R. Ford

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and the shape of the modern world, turned on the…

— Anonymous

War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected.

— Orson Bean

To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we…

— Leslie Fiedler

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a…

— Eldridge Cleaver

In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make…

— Gerald R. Ford

“Americans face a choice: you can rediscover the animating principles of the American idea--of limited government, a self-reliant citizenry, and the opportunities to exploit…

— Mark Steyn

Throughout our history, We Americans have been willing to meet great challenges and do what is right when our destiny demanded it.

— Ronald Reagan

“In this book the reader will find, I hope, an antidote for historical amnesia. To this day, the public remembers the Revolution mostly in…

— Gary B. Nash