The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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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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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I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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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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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 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!
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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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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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Patrick Henry wanted the Constitution to have a Bill of Rights attached to it — a list of powers that the government could never use against the people of the United States.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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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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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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