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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.

Patrick Henry

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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
Henry
Remember
Reader
Exalt
America
Nation
Sphere
Virtue
Thyself
Alone
Spheres
Practice
Righteousness
Nations
Encourage
Art
Whoever
Others
Thou

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