"Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and
the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of
your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the
greatest of all earthly blessings -- give us that precious jewel, and you may
take every things else! Guard with jealous attention the public liberty.
Suspect every one who approaches that jewel."
--Patrick
Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1788
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