Politics Quote by Troy Bickham

“The first colonial leaders, however, would have none of this. Most of them were military men, trained in the Irish wars. Whatever they thought…

— David E. Stannard

“In part because Americans were fearful of enemies within, they went looking for enemies abroad. War and conquest have served to distract nations from…

— Evan Thomas

“the American Colonies. The Seven Years' War left England”

— William Roscoe Thayer

“After all, the two issues on which the United States formally declared war—America’s trade rights as a neutral in the ongoing European wars and…

— Troy Bickham

... looked at from the standpoint of the ultimate result, there was little real difference to the Indian whether the land was taken by…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The War of 1812 was, at least in part, America’s grand attempt to compel Europe to take the United States seriously as a sovereign…

— Troy Bickham

“What did the Revolution mean to the Native Americans, the Indians? They had been ignored by the fine words of the Declaration, had not…

— Howard Zinn

“Indians paid, in other words, for the privilege of being conquered by the British.”

— Shashi Tharoor

“The United States was undeniably imperialist in 1812. Within two generations it had doubled its size, dispossessing the native inhabitants of their land and…

— Troy Bickham

“As a general rule the quelling of rebellion in distant colonies means protracted, thankless, invertebrate war. Campaigns”

— Charles Edward Callwell

“the Americans wanted to emerge victorious from this conflict, they would not try to overpower their enemy; they would simply refuse to back down…

— Brian Kilmeade

“Atrocities were expected in both European and Native conflicts. And yet, the English had to admit that compared to what was typical of European…

— Nathaniel Philbrick