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“Unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution started with a series of measured protests by men schooled in self-government, a long, exhaustive search for a diplomatic solution, before moving toward open rebellion.”

“One can argue plausibly that the events of the winter of 1768-69 converted George Washington from a rich, disaffected planter into a rabid militant against British policies. Had he died before that winter, he would have left no real record of distinction, aside from youthful bravery in the French and Indian War. That winter changed everything, and he began to evolve into the George Washington known to history.”

“The moment we feel we can succeed and attain victory over sin by the strength of our will alone is the moment we are worshiping the will… ‘will worship’ may produce an outward show of success for a time, but in the cracks and crevices of our lives our deep inner condition will eventually be revealed…[the will] is incapable of bringing about the necessary transformation of the inner spirit.”

“‘We live at the foot of the snows,’ they used to say, “and even our own king had never heard of us. But the King of Kings knew us, and one day he visited us.’”