The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
PATRICK HENRYI am not a Virginian, but an American.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — [‘Treason!’ cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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I smell a rat.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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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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Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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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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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. 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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