Quote#Peace
Why truly; if we will grant the Colonies all that they shall require,…
Quote byJosiah Tucker · 1713–1799
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Letter to Edmund Burke, esq., member of Parliament for the city of Bristol, and agent for the colony of New York, &c., in answer to his printed speech, said to be spoken in the House of Commons on the twenty-second of March, 1775 (1775), pp. 44–45.
English (original)
Why truly; if we will grant the Colonies all that they shall require, and stipulate for nothing in Return; then they will be at Peace with us. I believe it; and on these simple Principles of simple Peace-making I will engage to terminate every Difference throughout the World.
— Josiah Tucker
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