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  1. 1776 Important Quotes. “Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” (Page 11, George Washington) This quote from Washington seems prescient, coming so early in the text. It reflects his status as a self-made man, as perseverance and a strong will are crucial traits in schooling oneself in general education as well as politics.
  2. 1776 Synopsis: The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on.
  3. “The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried the fight for independence forward a year of all-too-few victories, of sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear, as they would never forget, but also of phenomenal courage and bedrock devotion to country, and that, too they would never forget.”.

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old revolutionary war quotes, revolutionary war sayings, and revolutionary war proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

#2: “In the past, religious movements were the conspicuous vehicles of change. The conservatism of a religion—its orthodoxy—is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap.” #3: “I used to be in a very revolutionary mood, but now I think that we’ll gain nothing by violence.”. The 1776 quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Reed or refer to Joseph Reed. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer.


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Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

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We borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War, and so there was a debt owed. We paid it. If we have done that for 235 years, if we have done it ever since this country has existed, we can do it again.

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The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

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I know not what course others may take; But as for me, Give me liberty, or give me death.

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War has generally had grave and fateful consequences for the American monetary and financial system. We have seen that the Revolutionary War occasioned a mass of depreciated fiat paper, worthless Continentals, a huge public debt, and the beginnings of central banking in the Bank of North America.

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The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

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The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

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War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

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Those who expect the blessings of freedom, must, like men undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

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It is only in revolutionary struggle against the capitalists of every country, and only in union with the working women and men of the whole world, that we will achieve a new and brighter future-the socialist brotherhood of the workers.

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Writing for a newspaper is like running a revolutionary war. You go to battle not when you are ready, but when action offers itself.

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Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

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If we do do not hang together then we will surely hang separately.

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There Are Two Ways Of Resisting War: The Legal Way And The Revolutionary Way. The Legal Way Involves The Offer Of Alternatinve Service Not As A Privilege For A Few But As A Right For All. The Revolutionary View Involves An Uncompromising Resistance, With A View To Breaking The Power Of Militarism In Time Of Peace Or The Resources Of The State In Time Of War.

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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that count.

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Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Trump announces members to ‘1776 Commission’

President Trump appoints new members to the ‘1776 Commission’ in a final effort to bolster the 'Patriotic Education' group; College of the Ozarks president Jerry Davis joins ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’

President-elect Joe Biden's administration will rescind on his first day in office President Trump's '1776 Commission,' an educational initiative designed to teach U.S. history from a patriotic perspective.

The commission, first announced in September, aimed to push back on the idea that the country is 'irredeemably and systemically racist' and present an alternative to The New York Times' '1619 Project,' which has been adopted as an educational tool in some U.S. schools, as well as other critical accounts of the early days of the nation.

Biden is expected to rescind the commission as part of a day one executive order to 'advance racial equity.' The Biden-Harris transition team said in a Wednesday press release that the 1776 Commission 'has sought to erase America's history of racial injustice.'

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave to a crowd as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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The two-year 1776 Commission would have published a report on the core principles of the nation and advised the federal government on how to prioritize founding principles in grants and other activities.

The executive order will also reverse a Trump-era policy limiting the ability of federal agencies, contractors and grantees to implement diversity and inclusion training.

'Additional actions in the coming weeks will restore and reinvigorate the federal government's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility,' the press release states.

In September, the administration ordered federal agencies to cease these types of trainings for federal employees after researcher Chris Rufo published documents showing how Sandia National Laboratories, a major nuclear lab, forced white male executives to undergo 'white privilege' training, as he told Fox News' 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' in August.

Rufo suggested that other institutions across the U.S., both large and small, may be adopting similar race training programs.

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'I think through this kind of complex cultural construct that plays on human frailties and emotions and guilt, we've allowed this to really perpetuate all of our institutions,' he told Carlson. 'And I'm afraid that, at this time, it is almost everywhere from the smallest local school district in Tennessee or Kansas to the highest levels of the federal government.'

M.E. Hart, an attorney who has conducted diversity training sessions for businesses and the federal government, told The Washington Post in September that these trainings can improve morale, cooperation and efficiency.

'If we are going to live up to this nation's promise -- 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' -- we have to see each other as human beings, and we have to do whatever it takes, including taking whatever classes make that possible,' Hart told the Post.

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The Biden administration will also 'direct every federal agency to undertake a baseline review of the state of equity within their agency and deliver an action plan within 200 days to address unequal barriers to opportunity in agency policies and programs.'

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Fox News' Sam Dorman contributed to this report.