Quote#Wisdom
What do you think would be my fate if my misguided countrymen were to…
Quote byBenedict Arnold · 1741–1801
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reportedly asked to a captured captain from the Colonial Army, as quoted in The Picturesque Hudson (1915) by Clifton Johnson; the captain is said to have replied, "They would cut off the leg that was wounded at Saratoga and bury it with the honors of war, and the rest of you they would hang on a gib.
English (original)
What do you think would be my fate if my misguided countrymen were to take me prisoner?
— Benedict Arnold
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