"For God's sake, take care of your men.……" — Henry Knox

"For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!"

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13 Quotes by Henry Knox

Henry Knox has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers,…
That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote…
Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and…
The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.
We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were…
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do…
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences…
Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the…
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head…
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any…
They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend…
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a…

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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government… — John Quincy Adams
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is… — Samuel Adams
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to… — Samuel Adams
James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the… — Jeremy Rifkin
On June 22, 2008, at the age of 71, an American revolutionary died. He was a bona fide genius, an… — Corey Taylor
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it… — Ronald Reagan
What a glorious morning this is! — Samuel Adams
The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily… — Thomas Paine
Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised!… — Samuel Adams
The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. — Thomas Paine
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved… — Thomas Paine

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