It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
PATRICK HENRYThe great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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Give me liberty or give me death.
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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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We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
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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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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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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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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.
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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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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
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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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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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Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
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