Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
What right do they have to say "we the people" rather than we the States? — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of… — 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
