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I am not a Virginian, I am an American.

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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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Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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Virginians
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Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure
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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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The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.
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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 shall act as I think my duty requires.
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What right do they have to say we the people rather than we the States?
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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.
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The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
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The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.
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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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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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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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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
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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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. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.
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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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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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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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