Quote#Pain
I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and…
Quote byGeorge Rogers Clark · 1752–1818
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to General Jonathan Clark, George's elder brother (1792-05-11), from William Hayden English, Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778–1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark (1896), vol. 2, p. 789.
English (original)
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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