Was There Ever Such Thing As Great

I Can Never Suppose This Country So Far Lost To All Ideas Of Self-importance As To Be Willing To Grant America Independence; If That Could Ever Be Adopted I Shall Despair Of This Country Being Ever Preserved From A State Of Inferiority And Consequently Falling Into A Very Low Class Among The European States.

The Die Is Now Cast; The Colonies Must Either Submit Or Triumph.... We Must Not Retreat.

We Are Determined To Listen To Nothing From The Illegal Congress.

Everyone Who Does Not Agree With Me Is A Traitor And A Scoundrel.

Mad, Is He? Then I Hope That He Will Bite Some Of My Other Generals!