The Founders: Benjamin Harrison V
Benjamin Harrison V "I shall have a great advantage over you, Mr. Gerry, when we are all hung for what we are...
Category: Founding Fathers
The Founders: Robert Morris
Robert Morris "I think it is the duty of a good citizen to follow when he cannot lead". Robert Morris, born...
The Founders: Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams “The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are...
The Founders: Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and a signer. "When angry, count ten,...
The Founders: Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee Signer of the Declaration of Independence and great uncle of Robert E Lee. ”It is...
The Founders: George Wythe
George Wythe "my ancient master, my earliest and best friend, and to him I am indebted for first impressions...
The Founders: Abraham Clark
"It is gone so far, that we must now be a free independent State, or a conquered country." Abraham Clark,...
The Founders: John Hart
John Hart “Gentlemen. We must all hang together or most assuredly we will hang...
The Founders: Francis Hopkinson
“If my poor abilities can be of the least service to my country in her day of trial I shall not complain of the...
The Founders: John Witherspoon
"In my judgment, sir, we are not only ripe for a Declaration of Independence, but rotting for lack of one." John...
