Bernard Bailyn Quotes

Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.

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• Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.

  

  Bernard Bailyn
  • Leaders
  • Deficiencies
  • American Revolution