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George Rogers Clark
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George Rogers Clark

“Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“If a country were not worth protecting, it was not worth claiming.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Clark to the Virginia Council, Autumn 1775, requesting aid for Kentucky.[1]
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George Rogers Clark

“Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.”

- George Rogers Clark

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“I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“Our cause is just... our country will be grateful”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“I carry in my right hand war, and peace in my left... Here is a bloody belt and a white one. Take which you please.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Clark, Speech to the Indian Chiefs at Cahokia (1778)[1]
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George Rogers Clark

“My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Account of Clark's appearance in Harrodsburg, from Collins History of Kentucky[2]
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George Rogers Clark

“I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!”

- George Rogers Clark

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