American - Politician | May 29, 1736 - June 6, 1799
We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.
Patrick Henry
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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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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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
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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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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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The great object is that every man be armed.
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Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?
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Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform.
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I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.
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