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May Quotes by Patrick Henry
- Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred…
- Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If…
- The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other…
- Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.
- Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of what service would…
- It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen…
- I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good…
- You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your…
- The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come in multitudes; for…
- The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
- 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…
- 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…
- I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
- Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
- The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If…
- It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!†— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!…
More May Quotes
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- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt