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Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of…
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I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into…
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of…
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued…
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And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the…
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general…
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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A revolution was never fought, throughout history, for ideals. Revolutions were fought for much more concrete things: food, clothes, housing, and to…
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Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
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Even in Madison's day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick…
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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Just remember the words of Patrick Henry - ’Kill me or let me live.’
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Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.'…
— Ann Hood
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Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.
— John Stossel
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