American Revolution Quotes – Insights from the Founding Fathers

Give me liberty, or give me death! – Patrick Henry

We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately. – Benjamin Franklin

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

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. – Patrick Henry

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. – Woodrow Wilson

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. – Thomas Jefferson

Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes! – William Prescott

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. – Thomas Paine

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. – Nathan Hale

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free. – Thomas Paine

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. – Benjamin Franklin

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one of the most vital elements in life—hope for a future of dignity and self-reliance. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt

American Revolution Quotes – Insights from the Founding Fathers part 2

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. – Mahatma Gandhi

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. – Patrick Henry

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union… – Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing. – Thomas Jefferson

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. – Thomas Jefferson

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

The American Revolution was the manifestation of the divine right of man to govern himself. – John Adams

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in people’s minds. – Samuel Adams

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. – George Washington

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security. – Benjamin Franklin

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Liberty is the only thing that men can have that no one can take away. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. – Theodore Roosevelt

We are not makers of history. We are made by history. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. – Captain John Parker

We are now engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. – Abraham Lincoln

A nation that forgets its past has no future. – Winston Churchill

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. – Ronald Reagan

Democracy is not a static thing, it is vibrant, it is alive, and it is evolving. – Joe Biden

The American Revolution was not a mere political event—it was a moral and intellectual transformation. – John Adams

The American Revolution was not a skirmish or a battle; it was a fundamental change in how humans envision their society. – George Washington

The American Revolution taught us that no empire lasts forever, and that the spirit of liberty cannot be contained. – Thomas Jefferson

The power of a free and educated citizenry is the greatest weapon against tyranny. – George Washington

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. – Abraham Lincoln

Every generation needs a new revolution. – Thomas Jefferson

The American Revolution was not just a war of independence, but a battle for human rights and dignity. – Benjamin Franklin

The American Revolution was not just a political struggle, but a fight for the principles of freedom and democracy. – John Adams

The American Revolution was not a revolution of violence, but a revolution of ideas and principles. – Thomas Paine