"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall."
"If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room."
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Source: John Dickinson (1801). “The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: The speech of John Dickinson ... May 24th, 1764 ... praying the king for a change of the government of the province. 1764”, p.111
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