"Away with your president! We shall have a……" — Patrick Henry
"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 him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?"
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88 Quotes by Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry has 88 quotes on this site.
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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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