“The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of thought” WorldLiteratureRevolutionAncientAncient World Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
“Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts, emerging first in the form of denunciations of standing armies in the reign of William III, left an indelible imprint on the "country" mind everywhere in the English-speaking world.” WorldMindFirstsCountryFormLeftMajorsPagesStandingArmyLibertarianThemeOppositionReignEmergingColorfulIndelibleIncorporatingEnglish Speaking Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
“The idea of sovereignty current in the English speaking world of the 1760's was scarcely more than a century old. It had first emerged during the English Civil War, in the early 1640's, and had been established as a canon of Whig political thought in the Revolution of 1688.” WorldFirstsIdeasWarPoliticalCenturyRevolutionCurrentsCivil WarSovereigntyCanonEnglish Speaking Author:Bernard Bailyn
