Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American! — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger?… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger?… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“Give me liberty or give me death." [From a speech given at Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia on March 23, 1775… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.” — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps? — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
