4 leaders quotes (unit 3 sac 2)

Question 1

2 George Washington quotes

Answer 1

“I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind.” (March 15th, 1783)

“you will render that service to the cause of liberty”

Question 2

2 Interpretation quotes on Washington

Answer 2

“With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed”. – Baron von Steuben (talk abt how Washington changed the military)

“he would be the greatest man in the world” - King George III

Question 3

2 Alexander Hamilton quotes

Answer 3

“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything”

“A nation without a national government is…an awful spectacle” (fed paper 85)

Question 4

1 Interpretation quote on Hamilton

Answer 4

“visionary architect…laid financial+constitutional foundations for a stable republic” - Ron Chernow, journalist

Question 5

2 James Madison quotes

Answer 5

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary”

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only gradian of true liberty”

Question 6

1 Interpretation quote on Madison

Answer 6

“When I saw this constitution, I found that it was a cure for these disorders” – Jonathon Smith

Question 7

2 Patrick Henry quotes

Answer 7

“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” (1st Amendment, 1791)

“I know no way of judging the future but by the past”

Question 8

1 Interpretation quote on Henry

Answer 8

“prophet of liberty, out of step with the practical needs of a post-war republic.”- Ellis