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“Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.”

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Author:John Adams

“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been my language, it was from the habit of using strong phrases to express my ideas; and, above all, from the interesting nature of the subject. I have ever condemned those cold, unfeeling hearts, which no object can animate. I condemn those indifferent mortals, who either never form opinions, or never make them known.”

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Author:Alexander Hamilton

“Hamilton, [Melancton Smith] said, spoke ‘frequently, very long, and very vehemently,’ and ‘like publius,’ had ‘much to say’ that was ‘not very applicable to the subject’ at hand.”

Constitution Founding Fathers Ratification

Book:Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Source: Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

“The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters.”

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Author:A.E. Samaan

“True unalienable rights do not require one to trample other unalienable rights.”

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Book:Gods of Ruin

Source: Gods of Ruin

“It was an early saying here [Massachusetts] that there were 'Roots enough to plant Hampshire County and Gunns enough to defend them.”

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Book:History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

Source: History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

“The important point of this report [Montague, Massachusetts; July 7, 1774] may be summed up in six resolutions: 1. We approve of the plan for a Continental Congress September 1, at Philadelphia. 2. We urge the disuse of India teas and British goods. 3. We will act for the suppression of pedlers and petty chapmen (supposably vendors of dutiable wares). 4. And work to promote American manufacturing. 5. We ought to relieve Boston. 6. We appoint the 14th day of July, a day of humiliation and prayer.”

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Book:History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

Source: History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

“New Englanders began the Revolution not to institute reforms and changes in the order of things, but to save the institutions and customs that already had become old and venerable with them; and were new only to a few stupid Englishmen a hundred and fifty years behind the times.”

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Book:History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

Source: History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve of the Articles, except the first clause,' giving Congress the power to declare peace and war. This it was resolved, 'belongs to the people.”

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Book:History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

Source: History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

“We have been gradually finding out that there is more democracy in letting a committee or representative ten to details than in making everybody's business nobody's business.”

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Book:History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town

Source: History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town