Foundation Quote by Patrick Henry

“We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.”

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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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“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give…

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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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That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,…

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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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