SaturdayMay 30, 2026
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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.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
I am not a Virginian, but an American.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.
I have no way of judging the future but by the past.
I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.
The gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace! But there is no peace. The war has actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that the gentlemen wish? What would they have? 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!
The great object is that every man be armed.
Patrick Henry opposed the federal Constitution not only because it lacked a Bill of Rights in its unamended form, but also because it would establish a 'consolidated government' rather than a confederation of states. It is proper to note George F. Williso
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Caesar had his BrutusCharles the First, his Cromwelland George the Third(Treason, cried the Speaker) ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.
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.... Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation ... inflicted by those who had no power at all?
I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
... I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! ... Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave ... ... Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason toward my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
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