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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.

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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Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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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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Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.
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We have not yet begun to fight.
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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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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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Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?
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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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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
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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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I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
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