The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
PATRICK HENRYUnited we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
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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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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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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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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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I smell a rat.
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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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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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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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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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