 | John Howard Brown - United States - 1900 - 750 pages
...uniform in opposition to all her measures. The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination." At a town meeting held immediately after the announcement of the passage of the Stamp Act he presented... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - Biography - 1901 - 1344 pages
...enterprise of revolution, he replied, "The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." In Congress he found a fitting arena for the exercise of those great talents, both for business and... | |
 | Logan County (Ill.) - 1901 - 782 pages
...crisis he uttered the famous words: "The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." He was a prominent figure in congress and advocated the movement for independence when a majority of... | |
 | Knox County (Ohio) - 1902 - 652 pages
...this crisis he uttered the famous words: "The die is nowcast; I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." He was a prominent figure in congress and advocated the movement for independence when a majority of... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Jonathan Sewall in 1774, gays : " I answered that the die was now cast ; 1 had passed the Eubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination." — JOHN ADAMS : Works, vol. ic. p. 8. Live or die, sink or swim.... | |
 | Michigan - 1903 - 742 pages
...crisis he uttered the famous words: "The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." He was a prominent figure in congress and advocated the movement for independence when a majority of... | |
 | Wexford County (Mich.) - 1903 - 640 pages
...crisis he uttered the famous words: "The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." He was a prominent figure in congress and advocated the movement for independence when a majority of... | |
 | Charles Morris - Orators - 1902 - 714 pages
...patriots. His standard of Americanism is fitly expressed in his memorable words of 1774 : "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." The standing of his son, John Quincy Adams, as an orator, is indicated by the title of "Old Man Eloquent,"... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Historic buildings - 1904 - 518 pages
...the memorable words, as they walked on the Great Hill at Portland, " The die is now cast ; I have now passed the Rubicon : swim or sink, live or die, survive...with my country is my unalterable determination." " Jonathan and John " again met in London, — • the former a broken-down, disappointed man ; the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - United States - 1904 - 488 pages
...uniform in opposition to all her measures. The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination." At a town meeting held immediately after the announcement of the passage of the Stamp Act he presented... | |
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The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination. 
