Quote#Friendship
I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation…
Quote byGeorge III of Great Britain · 1738–1820
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To John Adams, as quoted in Adams, C.F. (editor) (1850–56), The works of John Adams, second president of the United States, vol. VIII, pp. 255–257, quoted in Ayling, p. 323 and Hibbert, p. 165.
English (original)
I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
— George III of Great Britain
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