Patrick Henry
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."
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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."
"تعهدوا الحرية العامة بعناية غيورة. ارتابوا في كل من يقترب من تلك الجوهرة. للأسف، لا شيء يحفظها سوى القوة الصارمة. فمتى ما تخليتم عن تلك القوة، كان هلاككم محتوماً."
Patrick Henry
"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
"إن حريات الشعوب لم تكن ولن تكون آمنة قط، ما دامت تصرفات حكامها خافية عنها."
Patrick Henry
"Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform."
"هل تستذكر موقفًا قُوِّضَ فيه الاستبداد وأُسِّسَتِ الحرية على ركامه، بين قومٍ لا يملكون إلا شذراتٍ يسيرةً من الفضيلة والهمة الوطنية؟ لا يحضرني شيءٌ من ذلك. وهذا، لا قوة السلاح البريطاني، هو ما يبعث في نفسي الخوف من الفوز الأخير، ما لم يسبقه إصلاحٌ حقيقي."
Patrick Henry
"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?"
"أبلغ بنا الذل والهوان هذا المنحدر المهين، حتى صرنا لا نؤتمن على السلاح لدفاعنا عن أنفسنا؟"
Patrick Henry
"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
"عندما كانت الروح الأمريكية في فجر شبابها، كانت لغة أمريكا مختلفة: الحرية، يا سيدي، كانت الغاية الأسمى."
Patrick Henry
"Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship."
"إن الحرية الكاملة ضرورية لازدهار التجارة وقوتها، تمامًا كما هي ضرورية لازدهار المواطنة وقوتها."
Patrick Henry
"We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation."
"نحن سليل قوم قامت حكومتهم على الحرية؛ فآباؤنا الأجلاء في بريطانيا العظمى جعلوا الحرية أساس كل شيء. وقد غدت تلك البلاد أمة عظيمة وقوية ومجيدة، لا لأن حكومتها قوية وفعالة، بل يا سيدي، لأن الحرية هي غايتها المباشرة وأساسها المتين."
Patrick Henry
"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it."
"أما أنا، فمهما كلفني ذلك من عذاب الروح، مستعد لمعرفة الحقيقة كاملة؛ لأعرف الأسوأ وأستعد له."
Patrick Henry
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
"ليس لي مصباح أهتدي به سوى مصباح التجربة."
Patrick Henry
"The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed."
"الكتاب المقدس يساوي كل الكتب الأخرى التي طُبعت على الإطلاق."
Patrick Henry
"It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery."
"إنها لدين في أعناقنا لنقاء ديننا أن نُظهر تباينه مع القانون الذي يبرر العبودية."
Patrick Henry
"This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed."
"هذا كل ما أورثه لعائلتي العزيزة. أما دين المسيح، فسيهبهم ميراثًا يغنيهم حقًا."
Patrick Henry
"I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion."
"لقد فرغت الآن من توزيع كل أملاكي على عائلتي. بقي شيء واحد أتمنى لو أستطيع أن أمنحهم إياه، وهو الدين المسيحي."
Patrick Henry
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
"We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
Patrick Henry
"It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death."
Patrick Henry
"For my part whatever anguish of spirit it may cost I am willing to know the whole truth - to know the worst and provide for it."
Patrick Henry
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