Quote#Wisdom
The great object is that every man be armed… Everyone who is able may…
Quote byPatrick Henry · 1736–1799
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution(14 June 1788). Debates and other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, taken in shorthand by David Robertson of Petersburg, at 271, 275 2d ed. Richmond (1805).
English (original)
The great object is that every man be armed… Everyone who is able may have a gun.
— Patrick Henry
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