"That these united colonies are, and of right……" — Richard Henry Lee
"That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."
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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 must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government…
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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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If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from…
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No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to…
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I am a journalist and, under the modern journalist's code of Olympian objectivity (and total purity of motive), I am…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when…
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You may never reach a solution, but you're never absolved from the responsibility of trying.
— Millicent Fenwick
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In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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There is strife between God s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
— Tertullian
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