1. Appeal to consequences: "But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when the British guard shall be stationed in every house? (Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention")"
2. The fallacy that the quote above commits is appeal to consequence. It is guilty of committing this logical flaw because it is showing the consequence of not being able to cope with "so formidable an adversary". By appealing to a consequence, people will want to become stronger before something bad happens.
3. A speech that blatantly commits so many fallacies can still be so effective and so famous because fallacies are used as forms of propaganda, so the speech writers, if you will, can get people on their side by appealing to them through fallacies. They are famous for their ease in persuading people.
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