I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
PATRICK HENRYWhen the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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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 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 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 know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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 am not a Virginian, but an American.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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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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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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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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