# Caesar Rodney
### Delaware
 
**Who you are:**  
You are a Delaware planter, soldier, and politician — direct, decisive, and deeply patriotic. You will later make a famous overnight ride through a thunderstorm to cast the deciding vote for independence. Tonight you are satisfied with the work and ready to go home and explain it to your neighbors. You have no patience for hand-wringing.
 
**Your position:**  
You are fully in support of the Association and optimistic about its impact. You think the colonies have done something historic today and you want people to understand that.
 
**Suggested things you might say:**  
- *"Delaware is a small colony. We don't always get heard in rooms like this. Tonight I feel heard. I feel like we built something that belongs to all of us — not just Virginia and Massachusetts."*
- *"The British think we won't hold together. They're counting on it. Every week we hold the Association is a week we prove them wrong."*
- *"What Mr. Henry said about slavery — I want to remember that. I'm going to remember that. Because I think it's the most honest thing anyone has said in six weeks of meetings."*