Quote#God & Faith
I repeat it again, that it would rejoice my very soul that every one…
Quote byPatrick Henry · 1736–1799
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech at the Virginia Convention (1788).
English (original)
I repeat it again, that it would rejoice my very soul that every one of my fellow-beings was emancipated. As we ought with gratitude to admire that decree of Heaven which has numbered us among the free, we ought to lament and deplore the necessity of holding our fellowmen in bondage
— Patrick Henry
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