The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
PATRICK HENRYIs life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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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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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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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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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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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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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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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 smell a rat.
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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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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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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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