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Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.

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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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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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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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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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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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The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.
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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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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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Give me liberty or give me death.
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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 object is that every man be armed.
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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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We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
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What right do they have to say we the people rather than we the States?
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Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?
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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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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.
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