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"Cæsar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third ["Treason!" cried the Speaker]--may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it."
Speech in the Virginia Convention, 1765.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I am not a Virginian, but an American."
Speech in the Virginia Convention. September, 1774.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past."
Speech in the Virginia Convention. March, 1775.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"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!"
Speech in the Virginia Convention. March, 1775.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain