Henry Knox Quotes
July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806
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We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.
McCullough, pg 201 
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More Henry Knox Quotes
It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had.
Henry Knox— Knox to George Washington on the difficulties of taking Cannon to Boston.-McCullough pg 83
I most earnestly beg you to spare no trouble or necessary expense in getting these.
Henry Knox— Knox to a local officer while taking cannon to Boston.-McCullough pg 83
Trusting that...we shall have a fine fall of snow....I hope in sixteen or seventeen days to be able to present to your Excellency a noble train of artillery.
Henry Knox— Knox to George Washington on when the cannon would arrive.-McCullough pg 83
We shall cut no small figure through the country with our cannon.
Henry Knox— Knox to his wife, on the difficulties of dragging Cannon.-McCullough pg 83
The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part in posterity will bless or curse us.
Henry Knox— Knox on the Declaration of Independence.-McCullough pg 83
Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to your fame... and doubly entitle you to the glorious republican epithet, The Father of your Country.
Henry Knox— Letter to Washington, urging Washington to attend the Philadelphia Convention
