We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
Second Continental Congress
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Declaration of Independence (1776), concluding pledge; principal draft by Thomas Jefferson; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations (1905)
- Declaration of Independence (1776), concluding pledge; principal draft by Thomas Jefferson
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