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“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 men, without a consequent loss of liberty?” quote by Patrick Henry — Download Open image

“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 men, without a consequent loss of liberty?”

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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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