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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
Governor Of Virginia
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Politician
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Hanover County
Virginia
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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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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.
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