Ocupation: Former President of the Continental Congress
Life: January 20, 1732 - June 19, 1794
Birthday: January 20
Death: June 19
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.
source: Richard Henry Lee (1825). “Memoir of the Life of Richard H. Lee, and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe”
topic: Government, Dying, Liberty, Fear Of Dying, Bad Government