Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
PATRICK HENRYThe eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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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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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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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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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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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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Give me liberty or give me death.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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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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