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.
PATRICK HENRYThe 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.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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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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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 know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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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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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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects’ obedience.
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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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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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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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I am not a Virginian, but an American.
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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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