Henry Knox Quotes

July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806

Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nation's first Secretary of War. He was a trusted advisor, and a life-long friend, of George Washington.

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We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.

McCullough, pg 201

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It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had.

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— Knox to George Washington on the difficulties of taking Cannon to Boston.-McCullough pg 83

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I most earnestly beg you to spare no trouble or necessary expense in getting these.

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— Knox to a local officer while taking cannon to Boston.-McCullough pg 83

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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.

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— Knox to George Washington on when the cannon would arrive.-McCullough pg 83

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We shall cut no small figure through the country with our cannon.

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— Knox to his wife, on the difficulties of dragging Cannon.-McCullough pg 83

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The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part in posterity will bless or curse us.

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— Knox on the Declaration of Independence.-McCullough pg 83

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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.

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— Letter to Washington, urging Washington to attend the Philadelphia Convention

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