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Henry Knox has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say…
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That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth…
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Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war…
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The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.
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We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as…
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For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things…
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Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall…
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Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of…
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Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since…
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The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.
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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard…
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things…
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