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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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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
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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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My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.
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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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I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
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....I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people of this country (the South) are to legislate for us - when our dearest rights are to be left, in the hands of those, whose advantage it will be to infringe them.
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He that hath a blind conscience which sees nothing, a dead conscience which feels nothing, and a dumb conscience which says nothing, is in as miserable a condition as a man can be on this side of hell.
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