George Rogers Clark Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If a country is not worth protecting it is not worth claiming.”
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“Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted;”
-- George Rogers ClarkSource : Robert C. Alberts, George Rogers Clark (1975). “George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest”
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“Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.”
-- George Rogers ClarkSource : "The Buffalo Trace" by George R. Wilson, Indiana Historical Society Publications, volume 15, number 2, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, (pp. 189), 1946.
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“I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.”
-- George Rogers ClarkSource : "Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778 - 1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark" by William Hayden English, vol. 2, (p. 789), 1896.
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“My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary.”
-- George Rogers ClarkSource : "Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone". Book by Nancy Ellis, 2011.
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