If this be treason, make the most of it!
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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We 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.
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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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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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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.
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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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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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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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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason toward my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
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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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I smell a rat.
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