American revolution Quote by Calvin Coolidge

The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution.

— William E. Gladstone

“The revolution of the United States was the result of a mature and dignified taste for freedom, and not of a vague or ill-defined…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“The American Revolution was characterized by three basic freedoms: economic freedom or capitalism, political freedom or constitutional democracy, and freedom of speech and religion.…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“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

Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence…

— Samuel Eliot Morison

“Revolution was the great nightmare of eighteenth-century British society, and when first the American Revolution of 1776, then the French Revolution of 1789 overturned…

— Ronald Carter

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.

— Robert Trout

But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The…

— John Adams

Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life. And as we work to advance…

— George W. Bush

“Chapter 4 Tyranny Is Tyranny Around 1776, certain important people in the English colonies made a discovery that would prove enormously useful for the…

— Howard Zinn

Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to…

— George W. Bush