Patrick Henry Quotes
We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.
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It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.
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The images of mankind have become the most basic thing about them. And they're all software, and disembodied. (p. 346)
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I often think what I’m saying is for the people who never had a chance to be heard.
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I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more.
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We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.
