Quotes by Revolutionary War The rich are only defeated when running for their lives. C. L. R. James revolutionary-war change running Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions. George Washington revolutionary-war victory hands All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust, all revolutionary wars are just. Mao Zedong revolutionary-war unjust war The shot heard round the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson augusta-national revolutionary-war april-and-spring