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For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle

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“I cannot conclude without earnestly recommending to my fellow-citizens, the forbearance of all force or violence, to obstruct the execution of the laws, or disturb the peace of society' relying, to effect the desirable reforms, upon the ordinary and proper modes of petition and remonstrance; and above all to be peculiarly cautious, and attentive to that object, in their suffrages at the various Elections, which, in a representative government, cannot fail of restoring things to their first principles, if the people are not deceived or cajoled, nor in a state of apathy or inattention to the importance of their suffrages.' -- EDMUND PENDLETON, 'Address of the Honorable Edmund Pendleton (1798/1799?)”

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“...our Constitution provides a safe and easy method to redress any real grievances....What excuse can there be for forcible opposition to the laws?' -- SAMUEL ADAMS, Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature, January 16, 1795”

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