It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
PATRICK HENRYCaesar 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.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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Will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.
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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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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!
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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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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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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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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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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of 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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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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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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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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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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