Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number;… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds.… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are… — 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
