Best American Revolution Sayings

149 American Revolution quotes by 68 unique authors

The people of North America, at this time, expect a revisal and reformation of the American Governments, and are better disposed to submit to it… — Unknown Author
We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak. — Samuel Adams
Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide. — Phillis Wheatley
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low! — Israel Putnam
I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so… — Unknown Author
The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants! — William Shirley
It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection,… — George III
This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people. — Unknown Author
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a… — Thomas Hutchinson
It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain. — Thomas Hutchinson
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands… — George Washington
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis
Do you think if the stamp-act is repealed, that the North Americans will be satisfied? — Peter Thomas
Planted by your care? No! Your oppression planted them in America... nourished by your indulgence? They grew by your neglect of them... As soon as… — Unknown Author
The epithets of parent and child have been long applied to Great Britain and her colonies, [but] we rarely see anything from your side of… — George Mason
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry
Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt. — Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
All power is lodged in, and consequently derived from, the people. We should wear it as a breastplate, and buckle it on as our armour. — George Mason
The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief. — Benjamin Franklin
For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die! — Henry Knox
Has the grim savage rushed again from the wilderness? Or does some fiend... twang her deadly arrows at our breast? No, none of these: it… — Joseph Warren
The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going to make absolute… — Unknown Author
The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat. — George III
We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress. — George III
A great empire and little minds go ill together. — Edmund Burke

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