Henry Knox Government Quotations

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.

We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws.

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

But we find that we are men,-actual men, possessing all the turbulent passions belonging to that animal, and that we must have a government proper and adequate for him.

This dreadful situation, for which our government have made no adequate provision, has alarmed every man of principle and property in New England.