How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #1
The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. (4-5)
Nice connection here, Henry. Check out how he relates his larger theme of freedom to his specific freedom to speak (ahem) freely about his thoughts.
Quote #2
They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. (28-29)
Henry's not wrong here. The end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War (see "Historical Context") left Britain in control of everything north of Florida, east of the Mississippi and south of the Arctic. There aren't any French or Spanish threats to be concerned about, so why all the peacekeeping forces, Britain?
Quote #3
Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. (39-40)
When you're mad at your constitutional monarchy, it's most diplomatic to go after the "constitutional" part rather than the "monarchy" part. That way, you can always say your problem was never with one specific person (like the king) but with general groups like "Parliament" or "the ministry." This makes it less likely that you'll make specific enemies—you can always come back and say, "But we weren't talking about you."