Revolution Quotes

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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
Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade! — Benjamin Franklin
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts… — George Mason
The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow. — Thomas Jefferson
Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of… — Thomas Jefferson
A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step... — George Washington
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they… — Thomas Jefferson
Why can I not fight for my country too? — Deborah Sampson
The States separately have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day, whilst the… — George Washington
Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep. — Alexander Hamilton
Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens. — Benjamin Hawkins
A disunited people till the end of time, suspicious and distrustful of each other, [the Americans] will be divided and subdivided into little commonwealths... with… — Josiah Tucker
I fear we may live to see another revolution. — John Marshall
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. — George Washington
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision. — Alexander Hamilton

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