Second Inaugural Adress
Fellow-Citizens: UNDER Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great…
Hostilities with America
My Lords, this is a dying moment; perhaps but six weeks left to arrest the dangers that surround us….
The Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which…
Speech about the Declaration of Independence
WE ARE now on this continent, to the astonishment of the world, three millions of souls united in one…
Speech Against Independence
I know the name of liberty id dear to each one of us; but have we not enjoyed liberty…
On moving his resolutions for Conciliation with the colonies
I hope, Sir, that notwithstanding the austerity of the Chair, your good nature will incline you to some degree…
Give me liberty or give me death
MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the…
Removing troops from Boston
MY LORDS–After more than six weeks’ possession of the papers now before you, on a subject so momentous, at…
Speech to Continental Congress
If we sincerely mean to accommodate the difference between the two countries, and to establish their union on more…
Quartering british troops in Boston
MY LORDS,–The unfavorable state of health under which I have long labored, could not prevent me from laying before…
