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A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects’ obedience.

Patrick Henry

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
PATRICK HENRY

Blessing Greatness Liberty
Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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Force Preserve Ruin Will
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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Attention Force Liberty Man Ruin Weapon Yourself
Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
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Last Protection Trust
If this be treason, make the most of it!
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Death Funny
I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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Identity Myself Nation
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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Different Language Liberty Spirit Youth
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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Appearance Business Vice
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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Choice Death Liberty Myself
Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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Alone Battle Fight
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.
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Attention Important Liberty
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
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Destroy Existence Fall Unity
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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Bad Citizenship Freedom Goodness Man
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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Myself Spirit Truth Willing Worst
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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Hope Illusion Listen Man Nature Ourselves Pain Transformation Truth
Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
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Goodness History Liberty Loss Man People Place Right

A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects’ obedience.

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A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects’ obedience.

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