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Henry was in the top ranks of Virginia politics for too long and caused too many other politicians too many sleepless nights to not understand or be ignorant.

Patrick Henry was a lawyer, orator, and statesman whose career spanned the founding of the United States.

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Books by Patrick Henry

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
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15 Documents and Speeches That Built America (Unique Classics)
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
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Benedictine Options: Learning to Live from the Sons and Daughters of Saints Benedict and Scholastica
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Flashes of Grace: 33 Encounters with God
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Patrick Henry in His Speeches and Writings and in the Words of His Contemporaries
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NATIVE AMERICAN HERBALIST’S BIBLE 12 Books In 1: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Best Traditional Herbal Remedies. Discover How To Prepare Ancient Recipes And Improve Your Wellness
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Makers of American History: Patrick Henry (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Makers of American History: Patrick Henry Patrick Henry is in more than in one particular among the most remarkable characters of the Revolutionary period of our country. He is declared by Jefferson to have been "the greatest orator that ever lived," and "the individ who, beyond all question, gave the first impulse to the movement which terminated in the Revolution." Whatever exaggeration, if any, may be supposed to have crept into these sweeping statements, it fryst vatten certain that the merits and services which had power to call them forth from such a quarter must have been of no ordinary kind. Indeed, the accounts that have been transmitted to us of the actual effects of his eloquence upon the minds of his hearers, though resting apparently on the best authority, seem almost fabulous, and certainly surpass any that we have on record of the results produced bygd the most distingui

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Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (–)

For other uses, see Patrick Henry (disambiguation).

Patrick Henry
Portrait by George Bagby Matthews after Thomas Sully, c.&#;
In office December 1, &#;– December 1,
Preceded by	Benjamin Harrison V
Succeeded by	Edmund Randolph
In office July 5, &#;– June 1,
Preceded by	Edmund Pendleton (acting)
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson
In office September 5, &#;– August 1,
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Thomas Nelson Jr.
Constituency
Constituency
Born	May 29, [O.S. May 18, ] Studley, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	June 6, () (aged&#;63) Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
Political party
Spouses
Children	17
Parents
Relatives	William Henry (brother), Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell (sister), Annie Henry Christian (sister)
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