King George Iii Quotes

“Like a lot of stupid people, it took a great deal to get an idea into the king's head, but once there, there was no shifting it.”
― Richard Killeen, A Brief History of Ireland

“And what is England if not a farm with soil to be tilled and vines to tend?” Ned asked. “She needs a farmer to see to her needs, and nothing else will do. That’s why our patron saint shares the same name, because the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the faith.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“Heed our advice, young man. Do not abandon your own plot of land for the allure of the court. A simple, honest life spent close to the earth keeps a man’s face bronzed and his eyes bright.”
― Avellina Balestri, All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier

“I am apt to despise what I am not accustomed to.”
― Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777