--- title: "Best Patrick Henry Quotations" description: "Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): \"Give me liberty or give me death!\"" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-patrick-henry-3071.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-patrick-henry-3071.jpg) # Patrick Henry (1736–1799) Politician United States **139** quotes in **653** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Patrick Henry was a politician from the United States, best known for *Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death*. ## Quick Facts About Patrick Henry Born May 29, 1736 Died June 6, 1799 Nationality United States Profession Politician Notable works Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Spouse Dorothea Dandridge Henry ## About Patrick Henry Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. ## Quotes by Patrick Henry · Page 4 > [Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a-time-through-fear-of-giving/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/patrick-henry-3071_country_should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a_1558066.png) > [It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-natural-to-man-to-indulge-in-the-illusion-of-hope-we-are-apt-to/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beast/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/patrick-henry-3071_beast_it-is-natural-to-man-to-indulge-in-the-i_1961872.png) > [“Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/mr-president-it-is-natural-to-man-to-indulge-in-the-illusions-of-hope/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/patrick-henry-3071_hope_mr-president-it-is-natural-to-man-to-ind_3209477.png) > [My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/my-political-curiosity-exclusive-of-my-anxious-solicitude-for-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Anxious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/patrick-henry-3071_anxious_my-political-curiosity-exclusive-of-my-a_1807441.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/) [Direct](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/direct/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/patrick-henry-3071_direct_you-are-not-to-inquire-how-your-trade-ma_616891.png) > [“A King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/a-king-by-disallowing-acts-of-this-salutary-nature-from-being-the/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Chains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chains/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/patrick-henry-3071_chains_a-king-by-disallowing-acts-of-this-salut_2786226.png) > [Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/human-nature-will-never-part-with-power-look-for-an-example-of-a/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Ends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ends/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/patrick-henry-3071_ends_human-nature-will-never-part-with-power_2203087.png) > [The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/the-distinctions-between-virginians-pennsylvanians-new-yorkers-and/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [American revolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-revolution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/patrick-henry-3071_american-revolution_the-distinctions-between-virginians-penn_1005351.png) > [“There is a just God, who presides over the destinies the nation, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/there-is-a-just-god-who-presides-over-the-destinies-the-nation-and/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/patrick-henry-3071_battle_there-is-a-just-god-who-presides-over-th_2745046.png) > [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/) [Awful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/patrick-henry-3071_awful_the-constitution-is-said-to-have-beautif_3165674.png) > [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/) [Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/patrick-henry-3071_authority_the-officers-of-congress-may-come-upon-y_2946490.jpg) > [O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/o-sir-we-should-have-fine-times-indeed-if-to-punish-tyrants-it-were/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/patrick-henry-3071_arms_o-sir-we-should-have-fine-times-indeed-i_875676.png) > [I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/i-have-the-highest-veneration-of-those-gentleman-but-sir-give-me/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Agents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/patrick-henry-3071_agents_i-have-the-highest-veneration-of-those-g_1623610.png) > [Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/do-you-remember-any-instance-where-tyranny-was-destroyed-and-freedom/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/patrick-henry-3071_freedom_do-you-remember-any-instance-where-tyran_2925226.png) > [“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/it-is-natural-for-man-to-indulge-in-the-illusions-of-hope-and-pride/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/patrick-henry-3071_hope_it-is-natural-for-man-to-indulge-in-the_2476203.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/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/patrick-henry-3071_active_the-battle-sir-is-not-to-the-strong-alon_1389100.jpg) > [No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/no-free-government-or-the-blessings-of-liberty-can-be-preserved-to/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [Free government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/free-government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/patrick-henry-3071_free-government_no-free-government-or-the-blessings-of-l_2645914.png) > [O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/o-sir-we-should-have-fine-times-indeed-if-to-punish-tyrants-it-were-2/) [Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/) [2 amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/2-amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/patrick-henry-3071_2-amendment_o-sir-we-should-have-fine-times-indeed-i_2424527.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/) [Almighty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/almighty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/patrick-henry-3071_almighty_it-is-in-vain-sir-to-extenuate-the-matte_2972099.jpg) ## Patrick Henry by topic [Freedom (26)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/patrick-henry/) [Liberty (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty/patrick-henry/) [People (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/patrick-henry/) [War (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/patrick-henry/) [Men (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/patrick-henry/) [May (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/patrick-henry/) [American revolution (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-revolution/patrick-henry/) [Religion (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/patrick-henry/) [Government (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/patrick-henry/) [Time (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/patrick-henry/) [Revolution (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/revolution/patrick-henry/) [Politics (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/patrick-henry/) [Slavery (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slavery/patrick-henry/) [Ifs (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/patrick-henry/) [Constitution (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution/patrick-henry/) [Arms (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/patrick-henry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/#itemlist", "name": "Patrick Henry Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Henry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a-time-through-fear-of-giving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/patrick-henry-3071_country_should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a_1558066.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/patrick-henry-3071_country_should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a_1558066.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/patrick-henry-3071_country_should-i-keep-back-my-opinions-at-such-a_1558066.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as…” — Patrick Henry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. 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