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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!

~Patrick Henry

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

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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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Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

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Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

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If this be treason, make the most of it!

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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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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: May 29th, 1736

Died: June 6th, 1799

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