Henry Knox citations

Henry Knox, né le 25 juillet 1750 à Boston et mort le 25 octobre 1806 dans le comté de Knox , est un libraire américain qui devint commandant en chef de l'artillerie de l'Armée continentale avant d'occuper le premier mandat de secrétaire à la Guerre des États-Unis. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. juillet 1750 – 25. octobre 1806
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Henry Knox: Citations en anglais

“Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to your fame... and doubly entitle you to the glorious republican epithet, The Father of your Country.”

Letter to George Washington http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0095, urging Washington to attend the Philadelphia Convention. (March 19, 1787)

“The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part in posterity will bless or curse us.”

Knox on the Declaration of Independence. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.

“It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had.”

Knox to George Washington on the difficulties of taking to Boston. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.

“I most earnestly beg you to spare no trouble or necessary expense in getting these.”

Knox to a local officer while taking cannon to Boston. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.

“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.”

Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 201.

“We shall cut no small figure through the country with our cannon.”

Knox to his wife, on the difficulties of dragging Cannon. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.

“Trusting that…we shall have a fine fall of snow…. I hope in sixteen or seventeen days to be able to present to your Excellency a noble train of artillery.”

Knox to George Washington on when the cannon would arrive. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.

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