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Give me liberty or give me death.

Patrick Henry

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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
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone.
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We have not yet begun to fight.
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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
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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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The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
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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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We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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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 provide for it.
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[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
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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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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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Were my soul trembling on the wing of eternity, were this hand freezing to death, were my voice choking with the last struggle, I would still, with the last gasp of that voice, implore you to remember the truth: God has given America to be free.
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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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Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
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There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.
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Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?
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