"Are we at last brought to such humiliating……" — Patrick Henry
"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?"
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88 Quotes by Patrick Henry
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If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been…
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We are now able to see things in nature of what was previously only available in computer simulation.
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. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible.…
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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
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Is it not amazing that at a time when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in…
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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do…
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we…
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I'm sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.
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This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
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The people have a right to keep and bear arms.
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We have not yet begun to fight.
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The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my…
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
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These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a…
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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing…
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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human…
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse…
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