John BuchananRevolutionaries - true revolutionaries - are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late
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If you are looking for an example of someone who is always active, who never shies away from a challenge, William Henry Drayton has to be it. He was a man, who saw his chances of rising quickly in a political career slip through his fingers. He decided to seize the main chance. It is a key point that Drayton did not wait around until it was too late. He was willing to take stands that would have cost him his career had he waited.
Source: The Road To Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution In The Carolinas
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