"Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was no conscious goal, secretly nurtured in cellar or jungle by bearded conspirators, but a reluctant last resort, to preserve "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.""

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Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1972). “The Oxford history of the American people”, Signet

Samuel Eliot Morison

#Mistake Quotes #Pursuit Of Happiness Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.”
“There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the light in a three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface.”
“I'm a woman in search on an adventure”
“All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.”
“You know that a majority of the medical costs that are bankrupting families, companies, and nations could be eliminated with better nutrition.”

Source : John Robbins, Ocean Robbins (2013). “Voices of the Food Revolution: You Can Heal Your Body and Your World with Food!”, p.15, Conari Press
“Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might.”

Source : Charles Spurgeon, T. De Witt Talmage, Henry Ward Beecher, D. L. Moody, Joseph Parker (2017). “Gems of Truth & Beauty”, p.192, Gideon House Books
“Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.”
“Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear.”

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