 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil | leads us ' with an attractive majesty. 5. There isaJustQod i who presides over the destinies of nations, and who...will raise up friends | to fight our battles for us. 6. Ago | thou art shamed! Rome JI thou hast lost tho breed of noble bloods ! 6. The orator having finished... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...dispersion. ELOQUENCE OP STATESMEN. 271 11. ON RESISTANCE TO BRITISH OPPRESSION. — Patrick Henry. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the active, the vigilant, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election ! If we were base enough to desire... | |
 | James Alexander Thom - Fiction - 2010 - 898 pages
...fellow Englishmen as if they were another race. Now he went on, in the grave faces of his audience. "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no choice. Even if we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | Berry Craig - Charles H. Baker Collection - 1989 - 162 pages
...years of Marine Aviation, President Ronald Reagan observed: "The words of the patriot Patrick Henry — The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. It is to the active, and vigilant, the brave' are not strangers to you who have defended America in battle and in... | |
 | Administrative law - 1990 - 384 pages
...observed when urging his fellow Americans to fight for our country's independence: "The battle ... is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." Patrick Henry's observation accents the theme for this 40th anniversary observance of Armed Forces... | |
 | Thomas N. Turner - Education - 1990 - 196 pages
...ends, tyranny begins. WILLIAM PITT The earth belongs to the living, not the dead. THOMAS JEFFERSON The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. PATRICK HENRY Character is much easier kept than recovered. THOMAS PAINE If you go long enough without... | |
 | Earnie Larsen - Psychology - 1991 - 388 pages
...know for sure is that today is too precious to waste. When I look for trouble, I often invent trouble. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. — Patrick Henry Replacing something that we've lost usually involves a lot of effort and aggravation.... | |
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There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. 
