United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
PATRICK HENRYWe will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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Gentlemen may cry peace, peace- but there is no peace! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why should we idle here?…I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — [‘Treason!’ cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery
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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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Patrick Henry wanted the Constitution to have a Bill of Rights attached to it — a list of powers that the government could never use against the people of the United States.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
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The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
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Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.
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When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.
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Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.
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