#colonies

What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country. ↗

— John Linder

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The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool. ↗

— Charles Sturt

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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. ↗

— Elizabeth II

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If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then. ↗

— John Linder

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I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. ↗

— Sigourney Weaver

#everything #fiction #i #i can #imagine

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. ↗

— Cecil Rhodes

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In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#colonies #labor #same #system

The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#direct #feel #had #little #occasion

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

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This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their rightful sovereign. ↗

— James Chalmers

#colonies #his #now #others #rebellion