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Famous Philip Freneau Quotes
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.”
“They saw their injured country's woe.”
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
Source: Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.”
“Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.”
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.”
Source: Poems Written and Published During the American Revolutionary War, and Now Republished from the Original Manuscripts: Interspersed with Translations from the Ancients, and Other Pieces Not Heretofore in Print