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Men Quotes by Patrick Henry
- Is it not amazing that at a time when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country, above all others,…
- Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life,…
- Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good…
- 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…
- Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
- 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…
- 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 great object is that every man be armed.
- It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she…
- 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…
- That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,…
- That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not…
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