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Patrick Henry

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? 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 may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged!
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience
  • Eliezer Diazhas quoted4 years ago
    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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