George III quotes
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“Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.”
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“Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.”
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“The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.”
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“It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed.”
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“If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”
-- George IIISource : "A Tale of Two Fathers" by Steven Knapp, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2014.
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“Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you — what — was there not sad stuff?”
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“Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.”
-- George IIISource : "Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War". Book by Richard M Ketchum, p. 65, 1997.
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“Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.”
-- George IIISource : 'The King's Speech on Opening the Session' in 'Hansard' 18 November 1760, col. 942
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“I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no tears; it is an honour to humanity”
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“Mad, is he? Then I hope that he will bite some of my other generals!”
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“Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.”
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“We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.”
-- George III
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