Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.
PATRICK HENRY
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
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Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason toward my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
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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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Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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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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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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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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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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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 distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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