We have not yet begun to fight.
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
If you have given up your militia, and Congress shall refuse to arm them, you have lost every thing. Your existence will be precarious, because you depend on others, whose interests are not affected by your infelicity.
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!