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Quotation from Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 4 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project)
His answer to those who said the colonies were too weak to resist Britain.
Citation: "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." — Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 4 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project). (id give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-q5)
Portrait: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry speech, Currier & Ives, Public domain.
