American revolution Quote by Gary Paulsen

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it.

— Anonymous

Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl…

— Jean Fritz

On the subject of the history of the American Revolution, you ask who shall write it? Who can write it? And who will ever…

— Thomas Jefferson

Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to live.

— Jenny Hval

“In this book the reader will find, I hope, an antidote for historical amnesia. To this day, the public remembers the Revolution mostly in…

— Gary B. Nash

As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That…

— John Adams

I've always tried to write about America. It's very worth a writer's effort.

— John Updike

A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were…

— Harvey Milk

I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

— Helen Fielding

America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will…

— Nas

Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of…

— Ian Hacking