Acquire Quote by Patrick Henry

“Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?”

Patrick Henry

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You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.

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“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.”

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Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?

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It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

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I shall act as I think my duty requires.

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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.

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Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

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Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

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