142 Quotes by Patrick Henry

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    The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

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    Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.

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    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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    I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

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    Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

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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 a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

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