If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while… The beauty and cogency of the preamble, reaching back to remotest antiquity and forward so an indefinite future, have lifted the hearts of millions of men and will continue to do… These words are more revolutionary than […]
Declaration of Independence Quotes
The sun of Great Britain will set whenever she acknowledges the independence of America… the independence of America would end in the ruin of England.
Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.
The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, lie or die, survive or perish with my country, was my unalterable determination. (After deciding to cast his vote for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence)
