American revolution Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Ten years after the Boston Tea Party, tea was still far more popular than coffee, which only became the more popular drink in the…

— Tom Standage

Since first hearing the story as a child, any mention of the 'Boston Tea Party' has elicited in me an excitement that is uniquely…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

“This dark-brown viscous liquid, a by-product in the processing of sugar cane, played a major role in some of the biggest events in American…

— Stephen Puleo

“(the Boston Tea Party was the work of 1777-era frat boys)”

— Marisha Pessl

“The earliest offensive started in 1789, when the first American Temperance Society opened in Connecticut.”

— Charles River Editors

“many people, not just Americans, make the mistake of taking it neat. He explained how Scotch is made, saying, ‘Fer heaven’s sake, we add…

— Sean Chercover

The American Revolution was sparked by a series of taxes and tariffs on tea. More recently, the Thatcher and Reagan 'revolutions' were rooted in…

— Priti Patel

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

— Sarah Hall

Tea with us became more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. The beverage…

— Okakura Kakuzo

No longer is drinking an art with Americans; once they drank for the taste, but now they drink only for the effect. The more…

— Alice-Leone Moats

When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early…

— Van Morrison

“Like a great fool, I went ashore with them, and they gave me some cursed stuff they called gin, - such blasphemy I never…

— Edward John Trelawny