"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 earlthy 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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