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I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.

Patrick Henry's Popular Quotes

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public con…

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It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale tha…

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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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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.

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Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and …

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My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be happy, but without Him an…

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The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

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It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

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[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

- Patrick Henry