Patrick Henry

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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The great object is that every man be armed. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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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. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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If this be treason, make the most of it! ↗

— Patrick Henry

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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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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? ↗

— Patrick Henry

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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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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. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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