Patrick Henry Quotes

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• My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be…
• Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.
• You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your…
• Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?
• The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
• The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come in multitudes; for…
• ....I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people of…
• What right do they have to say "we the people" rather than we the States?
• The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
• Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know…
• Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up…
• I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
• I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
• The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
• The great object is that every man be armed.
• This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
• We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle,…
• Give me liberty or give me death.
• When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

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