Patrick Henry Quotes

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• Fear is the passion of slaves.
• Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
• I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is…
• For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for…
• If this be treason, make the most of it!
• I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
• The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a…
• The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
• The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -…
• It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions,…
• 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…
• The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
• Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
• The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
• The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If…
• Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any…
• It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!…
• It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.
• It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she…
• Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my…

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