Patrick Henry

“I smell a rat.”

— Patrick Henry

Fear is the passion of slaves.

— Patrick Henry

We have not yet begun to fight.

— Patrick Henry

The great object is that every man be armed.

— Patrick Henry

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

— Patrick Henry

“I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.”

— Patrick Henry

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

— Patrick Henry

I am not a Virginian, I am an American.

— Patrick Henry

Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.

— Patrick Henry

I know no way of judging the future but by the past.

— Patrick Henry

I'm sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.

— Patrick Henry

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles…

— Patrick Henry

The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

— Patrick Henry

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.

— Patrick Henry

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

— Patrick Henry

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

— Patrick Henry

It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.

— Patrick Henry

It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.

— Patrick Henry

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

— Patrick Henry

Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself…

— Patrick Henry

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians,…

— Patrick Henry

Were my soul trembling on the wing of eternity, were this hand freezing to death, were my voice choking with the last…

— Patrick Henry

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright…

— Patrick Henry

Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their…

— Patrick Henry

If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long…

— Patrick Henry

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and…

— Patrick Henry

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty…

— Patrick Henry

. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are…

— Patrick Henry

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to…

— Patrick Henry

Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are…

— Patrick Henry

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks…

— Patrick Henry

That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by…

— Patrick Henry

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where…

— Patrick Henry

“Will the adoption of this new plan pay our debts! This, Sir, is a plain question. It is inferred, that our grievances…

— Patrick Henry

First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be…

— Patrick Henry

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

— Patrick Henry

If this be treason, make the most of it!

— Patrick Henry

“I am not a Virginian, but an American.”

— Patrick Henry

There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.

— Patrick Henry

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

— Patrick Henry