I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
- Eli Whitney
Respect, Always, Difficulty, Respected
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
- Eli Whitney
Work, Give, Proportion, Primary
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
- Eli Whitney
Desire, Public School, Acquainted
I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.
- Eli Whitney
Myself, Too Late, Given, Greater
I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make.
- Eli Whitney
Only, Large, Proportion, Arms
I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.
- Eli Whitney
Could, Had, Them, I Can
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