"... give me liberty or give me death!"
"For my part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and to our country ...
Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliment. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt ... An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
...Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath place in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the Holy cause of Liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave ...
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!"
Yeah, I'll take this guy over Obama any day. Henry was a gifted orator; Obama is a manipulative propagandist. Words like "change" and "hope" hold a plethora of meanings to a vast assembly of listeners. They only make the hearer feel good about Barack Hussein Obama. In essence, the "democratic" (now synonymous with Marxist) candidate is nothing more than a stealth ventriloquist. He's been speaking out of his butt and both sides of his mouth for more than four years and few of us can even realize it.
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Obama, the stealth ventriloquiest! Priceless!!!
cool picture! they have a 9 hour movie on that now! Obama states that America is the best place ever, and then goes and says that he wants to change america. i dont get him lol
I do not trust Obama at all,
but any speech at all pales in comparison to this one,it is truly elloquent!
Haha.
Happy fourth of July, Nick.