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149 American Revolution quotes by 68 unique authors

I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a… — George Washington
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was… — Richard M. Nixon
Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no… — Edward Abbey
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have there is Black… — David W. Blight
Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was… — Samuel Eliot Morison
The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution. — William E. Gladstone
That these are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty, with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes a free people… — Thomas Jefferson
It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses… — William H. Calvin
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them. — Bernard Bailyn
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of… — Thomas Sankara
We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your… — Barbara Mikulski
The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. — Benjamin Rush
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The beauty and cogency… — Samuel Eliot Morison
According to Melissa Mailey, we now live in a world where kings and noblemen rule the roost. And they've turned all of central Europe—our home,… — Unknown Author
We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists. — Patrick Henry
To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the… — Adelle Davis
The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just. — Thomas Paine
If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months. — Marquis de Lafayette
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. — Bernard Law Montgomery
I dare say the men would fight very well if properly officered, although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people. — George Washington
With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army. — Unknown Author
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare,… — George Washington
To cash paid for saddlery, a letter case, maps, glasses, etc etc etc. for the use of my Command: 29 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence...… — George Washington
Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery. — Mercy Otis Warren
[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before. — James Otis

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