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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
Governor Of Virginia
Lawyer
Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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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.
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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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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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Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself and encourage it in others.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.
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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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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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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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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
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