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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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Hanover County
Virginia
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I shall act as I think my duty requires.
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It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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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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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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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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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.
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[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
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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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Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure
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I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
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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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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 have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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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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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
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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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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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