Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — [‘Treason!’ cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
PATRICK HENRYAre we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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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 of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
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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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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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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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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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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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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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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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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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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