Quotable Quotes
Col. Prescott-warns his men to make every shot count a the battle of Bunker Hill
"Don't shoot 'til you see the whites of their eyes!"
Patrick Henry-says that the time for negotiation with Britain is past 2nd Quote 3rd Quote
"Give me liberty or give me death." "If this be treason, make the most of it." "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
John Paul Jones-says this as he battles the British warship Serapis
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
Nathan Hale-says this before he was hung for treason against England
"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
Captain John Parker-rallies his men at Lexington
"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they want war, let it begin here!!" "
James Otis
"Taxation without Representation is tyranny"
Paul Revere and William Dawes warn the minute men
"The British are coming."
Thomas Paine-from his pamphlet Common Sense 2nd(writes in his pamphlet called The Crisis) 3rd Quote
"Tis time to part." "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lighty; it is dearness only that gives everything its value." "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Ben Franklin-realizes that all the signers could be hanged for treason 2nd Quote 3rd Quote
"We shall all hang together or surely we shall all hang separately." "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." "Where liberty dwells, there is my country."
