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My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.
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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Hanover County
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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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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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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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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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The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
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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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The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.
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