Henry Knox

Quotes

• “We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progres...”
• “Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say...”
• “Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the p...”
• “We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as o...”
• “Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each othe...”
• “Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences wh...”
• “Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war wi...”
• “They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend...”
• “That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light fr...”