Quote#War
Let us trust God and our better judgment to set us right hereafter.…
Quote byPatrick Henry · 1736–1799
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech (1799), Last public speech before his death (4 March 1799); as quoted in Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondences and Speeches (1891) by William Wirt Henry, Vol. 2, p. 609-610.
English (original)
Let us trust God and our better judgment to set us right hereafter. United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs. Let us preserve our strength for the French, the English, the Germans, or whoever else shall dare invade our territory, and not exhaust it in civil commotions and intestine wars.
— Patrick Henry
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