I smell a rat.
PATRICK HENRYAre we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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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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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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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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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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Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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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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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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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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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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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