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> [Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/are-we-at-last-brought-to-such-an-humiliating-and-debasing/)

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

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> [Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/are-we-at-last-brought-to-such-humiliating-and-debasing-degradation/)

[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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