Patrick Henry Quotes
Top 52 wise famous quotes and sayings by Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Patrick Henry on Wise Famous Quotes.
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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 transforms us into beasts.
If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail.
The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.
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 the Christian religion.
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.
Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.
The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.
When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.
Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
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.
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
(45) We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever ...
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!
Give me liberty, or give me death! While we're at it, I would also like a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.