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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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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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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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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 Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
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I shall act as I think my duty requires.
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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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Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.
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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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Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.
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[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
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He that hath a blind conscience which sees nothing, a dead conscience which feels nothing, and a dumb conscience which says nothing, is in as miserable a condition as a man can be on this side of hell.
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What right do they have to say we the people rather than we the States?
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It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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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 but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.
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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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....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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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
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