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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
Lawyer
Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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Virginians
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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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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There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.
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....I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people of this country (the South) are to legislate for us - when our dearest rights are to be left, in the hands of those, whose advantage it will be to infringe them.
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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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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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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What right do they have to say we the people rather than we the States?
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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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We have not yet begun to fight.
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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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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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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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Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
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Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
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The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
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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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