5 Quotes by Patrick Henry about men

  • Author Patrick Henry
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    He that hath a blind conscience which sees nothing, a dead conscience which feels nothing, and a dumb conscience which says nothing, is in as miserable a condition as a man can be on this side of hell.

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    The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

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    Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

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    It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.

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    Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.

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