High school Quote by Dave Barry

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…

— George Washington

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

“By March 1766, colonist boycotts had proved so costly to British merchants that Parliament repealed the stamp tax without having collected a single penny.”

— Harlow Giles Unger

The Stamp Act was to go into operation on the first day of November. On the previous morning, the 'New Hampshire Gazette' appeared with…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“In lieu of a special stamp, you can also receive the stamp of a business.  Whatever the type of stamp, the stamps indicate that…

— Elinor LeBaron

“The stamp is something left over from an inpatient hospital program. In some other program RELEASED used to mean a client was set free.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

— Napoleon Hill

It must be a source of great chagrin to those in charge to think of so many people being able to stick a stamp…

— Robert Benchley

The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves.

— Rich Hall

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

— Howard Nemerov

Do you think if the stamp-act is repealed, that the North Americans will be satisfied?

— Peter Thomas

I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope…

— Adrian Tomine