A quotation for Independence Day

From The Great Thoughts, edited by George Seldes:

“There is nothing more common than to confound the terms of the American Revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.”

Benjamin Rush (1747-1833), Physician, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

(Address, “To the People of the United States,” 1789)