Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Patrick Henry Quotes Click here for Patrick Henry books A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic "Eloquence has been defined to be the art of persuasion. If it included persuasion by convincing, Mr. Madison was the most eloquent man I ever heard." "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." "I am not a Virginian, but an American." "I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery." "United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs." "If you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is, unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government." |
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