When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
PATRICK HENRYThree millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
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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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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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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Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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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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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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I smell a rat.
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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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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 battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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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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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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