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.
I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!
Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted.Collection: Men
If a country is not worth protecting it is not worth claiming.Collection: Country
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.Collection: Names
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.Collection: Honor
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.Collection: Men