Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from … - Patrick Henry

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You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

Patrick Henry

Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.

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The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.

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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

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Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

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Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?

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