Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1918 — What Patrick Henry Said. [ARTICLE]

What Patrick Henry Said.

“Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace, but there is no peace!” “The war is actually begun!” “The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the crash of resounding arms!” “Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand ye here idle? - “What is it that gentlemen wish? Is life so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” “Forbid it, Almighty God!’ “I care not what others may think, but as for me—give me liberty or give me death!”—Patrick Henry of Virginia before Virginia convention, 1775.