"It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of……" — Richard Henry Lee
"It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power."
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Richard Henry Lee
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15 Quotes by Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee has 15 quotes on this site.
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If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen?
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A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.
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It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.
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To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill…
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Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To…
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The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this…
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To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...
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The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power…
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Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught…
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So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system…
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Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery.…
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Trial by jury in civil causes,... trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas…
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I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their…
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a…
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Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.
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An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.
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Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.
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Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so…
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Oh, I'll be forgotten too, don't worry.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
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Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope…
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