I smell a rat.

PATRICK HENRY

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I smell a rat.

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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!

PATRICK HENRY

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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Battle Brave Desire Prison Slave Strong War
Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.

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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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Force Preserve Ruin
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 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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Liberty People Rule Secure
The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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Difference Philosophy Right Wrong
It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.

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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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Forget God People Prison
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
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Democracy Government Live People
Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

PATRICK HENRY

Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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Attention Goodness Jealous Liberty Public Virtue
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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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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Spirit Truth Willing Worst
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

PATRICK HENRY

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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Battle Brave Strong
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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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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Destroy Existence Fall Unity
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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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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Different Language Liberty Spirit Youth
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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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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Family Material Poor Religion Rich World
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 distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
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Identity Nation
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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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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Last Protection Trust
I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.

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I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
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Future Judgement Past
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.

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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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Attention Liberty

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