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We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists.

— Patrick Henry Misattributed

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The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.

Speech in the Second Virginia Convention (1775)

The great object is that every man be armed… Everyone who is able may have a gun.

I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.

Speech in the Second Virginia Convention (1775)

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

Speech in the Virginia Convention (1775)

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