I am not a Virginian, but an American.
-- Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
-- Speech in the Virginia Convention, September 1774
-- Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
-- Speech in the Virginia Convention, September 1774
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of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others... - Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell;
and George the Third ["Treason!" cried the Speaker]... - I smell a rat.
-- Patrick Henry, upon hearing about the Constitutional
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Virginia... - It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.
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George Washington, 14 December... - The great object is, that every man be armed. [...]
Every one who is able may have a gun."
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Patrick Henry, speech of June 14... - I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852) -- Speech, July 17, 1850...
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