"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who
approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but
downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably
ruined."
-- Patrick Henry 3 Elliot at 45, Debates In The Virginia Convention
approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but
downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably
ruined."
-- Patrick Henry 3 Elliot at 45, Debates In The Virginia Convention
Related:
- Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one
who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright... - Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price
of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others... - Give me liberty or give me death!
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Patrick Henry... - I am not a Virginian, but an American.
-- Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
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Speech in the Virginia Convention, September... - You all know that Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
But you've never been told his complete statement.
It went like this: "Give me liberty or give me death... - Give in to the
FORCE..... - We'll give you piece de resistance and a tour de
force... - Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell;
and George the Third ["Treason!" cried the Speaker]... - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp
of experience.
I know no way of judging of the future but by the past...
