"Men at a distance, who have admired our……" — Henry Knox
"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
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13 Quotes by Henry Knox
Henry Knox has 13 quotes on this site.
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That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote…
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Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and…
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The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.
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We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were…
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For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do…
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Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences…
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Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the…
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Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head…
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The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any…
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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend…
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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a…
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More Accuse Quotes
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one of 211 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the…
— David Attenborough
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You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology…
— Hal Borland
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Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'
— Julie Burchill
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I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.
— Hugo Chavez
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Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.
— Lord Chesterfield
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You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush.
— Hillary Clinton
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Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money.
— Joseph Sobran
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Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken…
— William Gurnall
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
— Eric Clapton
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To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has…
— Primo Levi
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Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.
— John Milton
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You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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