The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
PATRICK HENRYSuspicion 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.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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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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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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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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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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Give me liberty or give me death.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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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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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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