Revolutionaries – true revolutionaries – are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late

Revolutionaries – true revolutionaries – are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late

– John Buchanan –

The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas

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