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Revolution Quotes by Patrick Henry
- 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…
- We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists.
- The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.
- Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making…
- 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…
- The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
- 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…
- Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any…
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