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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
John Quincy Adams
Government
Revolution
Christianity
Civil
Civil Government
Highest
Principles
Glory
American
American Revolution
Connected
Bond
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
Charles Caleb Colton
Events
Revolution
Consequences
Those
Magnitude
Thus
French
French Revolution
Always
Expected
American
Which
Little
Them
Much
Produced
American Revolution
Apparent
Things
I don't know what the next American revolution is going to be like, but we might be able to imagine it if your imagination were rich enough.
Grace Lee Boggs
Revolution
Rich
Imagination
Enough
Able
Like
Know
Were
American
Going
Might
Next
American Revolution
Your
Imagine
Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?
Sam Ervin
Great
Revolution
White
White House
Aide
Out
Eat
Divine
House
Makes
American
Them
American Revolution
Meat
Grow
Right
Belong
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.
Carl Bernstein
Political
Independence
Revolution
Radical
All-American
Argued
Ideas
Most
Were
Been
American
Often
Declaration
Fueled
American Revolution
It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.
Diana Gabaldon
Success
Time
Worth
Revolution
Would
Given
Person
American
Cents
Sane
American Revolution
Noting
Two
Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away.
Edward Ball
People
Before
Revolution
Run
Would
Frequent
Were
Lot
American
American Revolution
Away
Slave
The removal of the British after the American Revolution opened the floodgates of paramilitary ranger power. For instance, in 1786, ranger units, including one that included Daniel Boone, attacked a number of friendly Shawnee towns along the Mad River.
Greg Grandin
Power
Revolution
Ranger
Daniel
Mad
Attacked
River
Instance
Opened
Along
Removal
Towns
Friendly
American
After
American Revolution
Included
Including
Units
Number
British
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class.
H. W. Brands
Class
Revolution
Think
Noble
Particularly
Were
American
Heirs
American Revolution
Certainly
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.
Henry Louis Gates
Army
Revolution
Ancestors
Out
Sons
Continental
American
Turns
American Revolution
Fought
Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of a people can rightly be called revolutions. It is also clear that such revolutions are proper objects of study for the historian.
Ian Hacking
People
Events
Revolution
Despite
Rightly
About
Proper
Objects
Clear
Study
Fair
Also
Affairs
Historian
American
Revolutions
Rhetoric
Which
Certain
American Revolution
Amount
Second
Consensus
But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who were in the military, and it really just was part of growing up for me.
Katie Pavlich
War
Family
Me
World
Daughter
Revolution
Military
Members
Part
Were
Lots
Up
American
Family Members
Just
Really
Grandpa
American Revolution
Who
Growing
Fought
Growing Up
World War
World War II
The American revolution not only cost Britain the 13 colonies but also forced it to rethink the slave trade and slavery, and influenced its power relations in Asia and the Pacific.
Linda Colley
Power
Revolution
Relations
Cost
Only
Colonies
Rethink
Also
Forced
Trade
American
Influenced
Pacific
Asia
American Revolution
Slave
Slavery
Britain
In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will 'take our country back' from everyone they disapprove of. But what they don't realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.
Matt Taibbi
Change
Political
Victory
Will
Country
Party
Revolution
Tea
Back
Everyone
Our
System
Entrenched
Take
Catch
Disapprove
New
Narrative
America
American
Any
Polls
Place
Meaningful
Realize
Us
Means
Tea Party
American Revolution
Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in 'worlds' just like our own.
Matthew Stewart
Revolution
Own
Universe
Worlds
Philosopher
Extraterrestrial
Our
Must
Abound
Like
Ideas
Got
Mattered
Greek
Antiquity
American
Infinite
Just
Eternal
American Revolution
Many
Start
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.
Mercy Otis Warren
Prevail
Progress
Revolution
Manners
Characters
Has-Been
Rapid
Animated
Almost
Noblest
New
Blending
Ideas
Alteration
Principles
Been
Train
American
Which
American Revolution
Nearly
Universally
The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Truth
Best
Struggle
Strange
Generation
Remove
Revolution
Once
Troubling
Over
Traces
American
Did
American Revolution
Actually
Soldiers of the American Revolution fought that 18th century war with heavy muskets. In the early 20th century, we kids fought it every Fourth of July not only with exploding powder and shimmering flares, but with all of our senses.
Paul Engle
War
Revolution
Every
Our
Soldiers
Kids
Only
Powder
July
American
Heavy
Senses
Century
Exploding
American Revolution
Fought
Early
Fourth
Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolution have happened without pamphlets? Probably not. But neither printing presses nor pamphlets were the heroes of reform and revolution.
Rebecca MacKinnon
Heroes
Revolution
Press
Neither
Would
Protestant
Without
Printing
Printing Press
Were
Nor
Reform
Reformation
American
Happened
American Revolution
You remember France, it's the country that financed the American Revolution... OK, it was in their self-interest, but still, they made it happen. Let's face it: without the French, there would be no America... in other words, without them, there is no us.
Richard Belzer
You
Words
Remember
Made
Face
Country
Revolution
Other
France
Financed
OK
Would
Would-Be
French
Without
Self-Interest
Still
America
American
In Other Words
Happen
Them
Us
American Revolution
The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.
Robert Trout
Battle
Revolution
Philosophy
Locke
Fact
American
In Fact
Against
American Revolution
English
The French Revolution was a kind of 21st-century moment in the heart of the 18th century - and Alex Dumas, outstanding though he was, could never have risen the way he did if not for that. The French Revolution was the American Revolution on steroids.
Tom Reiss
Heart
Revolution
Way
Though
Kind
Risen
Could
Never
He
Outstanding
Steroids
French
French Revolution
American
Did
Century
American Revolution
Moment
Alex