--- title: "16 May Quotes By Patrick Henry" description: "16 May quotes by Patrick Henry. Plus more from Patrick Henry and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/patrick-henry-3071_choose_i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as_1055730.png" --- > [I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as-for-me-give-me-liberty-or/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/patrick-henry-3071_choose_i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as_1055730.png) > [Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/gentlemen-may-cry-peace-peace-but-there-is-no-peace/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/patrick-henry-3071_cry_gentlemen-may-cry-peace-peace-but-there_918333.png) > [Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/liberty-the-greatest-of-all-earthly-blessings-give-us-that-precious/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/patrick-henry-3071_blessing_liberty-the-greatest-of-all-earthly-bles_2658086.png) > [You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/you-are-not-to-inquire-how-your-trade-may-be-increased-nor-how-you/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/patrick-henry-3071_direct_you-are-not-to-inquire-how-your-trade-ma_616891.png) > [ Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — \['Treason!' cried the Speaker\] — may profit by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/caesar-had-his-brutus-charles-the-first-his-cromwell-and-george-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/patrick-henry-3071_brutus_caesar-had-his-brutus-charles-the-first_1762405.png) > [“For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/for-my-part-whatever-anguish-of-spirit-it-may-cost-i-am-willing-to/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/patrick-henry-3071_anguish_for-my-part-whatever-anguish-of-spirit-i_1962441.png) > [The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/the-liberties-of-a-people-never-were-nor-ever-will-be-secure-when-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/patrick-henry-3071_concealed_the-liberties-of-a-people-never-were-nor_596904.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/patrick-henry-3071_cautious_you-ought-to-be-extremely-cautious-watch_77524.png) > [The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/the-battle-sir-is-not-to-the-strong-alone-it-is-to-the-vigilant-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/patrick-henry-3071_active_the-battle-sir-is-not-to-the-strong-alon_1389100.jpg) > [The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/the-officers-of-congress-may-come-upon-you-now-fortified-with-all-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/patrick-henry-3071_authority_the-officers-of-congress-may-come-upon-y_2946490.jpg) > [Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/is-the-relinquishment-of-the-trial-by-jury-and-the-liberty-of-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/patrick-henry-3071_abandonment_is-the-relinquishment-of-the-trial-by-ju_2022654.png) > [I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-know-some-say-let-us-have-good-laws-and-no-matter-for-the-men-that/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/patrick-henry-3071_franklin_i-know-some-say-let-us-have-good-laws-an_839553.png) > [It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-natural-for-man-to-indulge-in-the-illusions-of-hope-we-are-apt/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/patrick-henry-3071_anguish_it-is-natural-for-man-to-indulge-in-the_2755975.jpg) > [Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/have-we-the-means-of-resisting-disciplined-armies-when-our-only/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/patrick-henry-3071_arms_have-we-the-means-of-resisting-disciplin_1810864.png) > [It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-in-vain-sir-to-extenuate-the-matter-gentlemen-may-cry-peace/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/patrick-henry-3071_almighty_it-is-in-vain-sir-to-extenuate-the-matte_2972099.jpg) > [The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/the-constitution-is-said-to-have-beautiful-features-but-when-i-come/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/patrick-henry-3071_awful_the-constitution-is-said-to-have-beautif_3165674.png) ## Other authors on May ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/patrick-henry/#itemlist", "name": "16 May Quotes By Patrick Henry", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Henry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as-for-me-give-me-liberty-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/patrick-henry-3071_choose_i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as_1055730.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/patrick-henry-3071_choose_i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as_1055730.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/patrick-henry-3071_choose_i-know-not-what-others-may-choose-but-as_1055730.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” — Patrick Henry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! 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