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This far, and no further?
This is driving me nuts...I read somewhere that during the American revolution, an American soldier hung a sign on a tree that said "This far, and no further" or something to that effect for the advancing British army to see, telling them that they've marched this far but they'd better not advance any further. The British saw the warning but ignored it and continued their advance, and they wound up getting their butts kicked in the coming battle.
Does anyone have more information on when and where this took place, and what this battle was? I did every text search I could think of but I don't get any relevent hits. Thanks for any information you can provide.
3 Answers
- 6 years ago
American revolutionary Thomas Paine once wrote that the problem with the British system of government was that there was no document that that draws a line in the sand and tells the government "thus far shalt thou go, and no farther."
The full quote is this:
"It is the nature and intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit and control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further. But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle." - First Principles of Government, July, 1795
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- ?Lv 610 years ago
Almost positive this incident occurred in a movie. maybe the Patriot? Also, Stalin used this phrase when the Germans advanced to Stalingrad
