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Quote from Patrick Henry,


"Let Mr. Madison tell me when did liberty ever exist when the sword and the purse were given up from the people? Unless a miracle shall interpose, no nation ever did, nor ever can retain its liberty after the loss of the sword and the purse."


By:

Patrick Henry (more quotes by Patrick Henry or books by/about Patrick Henry)


(1736-1799) US Founding Father

Source:

3 J. Elliot, The Debates In The Several States Conventions On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution 168-69 (1836 Reprinted 1941).

Categories:

Arms, Control, Debt, Defense, Economics, Law, Plunder, Power, Taxation

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