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British Quotes

Seven of the best book quotes from British
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“For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever”
Thomas Jefferson
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King George III
Colonists
British
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The Declaration of Independence
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“Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government”
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“We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations…They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity”
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“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes…”
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“Are they between you and the sunset? ”
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Obinze
Emenike
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“After so recent a triumph over British despots, after such torrents of blood and treasure have been spent, after involving ourselves in the distresses of an arduous war, and incurring such a debt for the express purpose of asserting the rights of humanity; it is truly astonishing that a set of men among ourselves should have the effrontery to attempt the destruction of our liberties. ”
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“It was taken away when the British left -the people of Bombay did not want to see a foreign ruler after independence, not even a stone one.”

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