I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.


To John Adams, as quoted in Adams, C.F. (editor) (1850–56), The works of John Adams, second president of the United States, vol. VIII, pp. 255–257, quoted in Ayling, p. 323 and Hibbert, p. 165.

George III of the United Kingdom Quotes

I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that ...

I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that ...

I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that ...

I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that ...