American Revolution Quotes
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“Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.”
“Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low!”
“It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.”
“No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.”
“Do you think if the stamp-act is repealed, that the North Americans will be satisfied?”
“The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.”
“The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.”
“We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.”
“For the fate of Charles the first, hath only made kings more subtle — not more just.”
“A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.”
“Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep.”
“I fear we may live to see another revolution.”
“Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.”
“The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.”