Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
PATRICK HENRYThe battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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 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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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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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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I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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I smell a rat.
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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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