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> [Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a-time-through-fear-of-giving/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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## More by Patrick Henry

> [You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/you-ought-to-be-extremely-cautious-watchful-jealous-of-your-liberty/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/guard-with-jealous-attention-the-public-liberty-suspect-everyone-who/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-have-now-disposed-of-all-my-property-to-my-family-there-is-one/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/my-great-objection-to-this-government-is-that-it-does-not-leave-us/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/when-the-american-spirit-was-in-its-youth-the-language-of-america-was/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/shall-we-who-have-laid-the-proud-british-lion-at-our-feet-now-be/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-when-a-people-forget-god-that-tyrants-forge-their-chains/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/that-religion-or-the-duty-we-owe-to-our-creator-and-the-manner-of/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [I shall act as I think my duty requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-shall-act-as-i-think-my-duty-requires/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-the-business-of-a-virtuous-clergy-to-censure-vice-in-every/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/being-a-christian-is-a-character-which-i-prize-far-above-all-this/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/jealousy-is-the-only-vice-that-gives-no-pleasure/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> […I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-am-sure-that-the-dangers-of-this-system-the-federal-constitution/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it! Almighty God! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/is-life-so-dear-or-peace-so-sweet-as-to-be-purchased-at-the-price-of/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

> [That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/that-religion-or-the-duty-which-we-owe-to-our-creator-and-the-manner/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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