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Quote by Patrick Henry
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price

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! – Patrick Henry

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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

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Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. – Patrick Henry

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We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. – Patrick Henry

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Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up. – Wilson Mizner

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I have no fear of death. More important, I dont fear life. – Steven Seagal

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Death was like love, a romantic escape. – Brigitte Bardot

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