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Christopher Gadsden Quote

“And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business.”

— Christopher Gadsden

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What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

— Christopher Gadsden

Wisdom

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I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.

— Christopher Gadsden

Freedom

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My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.

— Christopher Gadsden

Freedom

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The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords.

— Christopher Gadsden

Wisdom

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No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, and then to support it ever afterwards than myself.

— Christopher Gadsden

Success

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The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.

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Life

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