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11 quotes by Henry Knox

Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789–1794. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he owned and operated a bookstore there, cultivating an interest in military history and joining a local artillery company. When the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, he befriended General...
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Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its... →

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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... →

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That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.

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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a... →

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

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

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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... →

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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been... →

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The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.

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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are... →

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Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal... →

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