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For the average civilized person to whom, as to Patrick Henry, even death is acceptable in the absence of liberty.
— Federico Mangahas
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
— Patrick Henry
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.
— Patrick Henry
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The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.
— Patrick Henry
I shall act as I think my duty requires.
— Patrick Henry
Henry Ford failed in business several times and was flat broke five times before he founded the Ford Motor Company.
— Sean Patrick
Fear is the passion of slaves.
— Patrick Henry
Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
— David O. McKay
I'm sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.
— Patrick Henry
Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
— Patrick Henry
Change will come, but only following a proper education of the children.
— Patrick Henry Brady
It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
— Patrick Henry
The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
— Patrick Henry
Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
— Patrick Henry
Bad men cannot make good citizens.
— Patrick Henry
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.
— Patrick Henry
Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.
— Patrick Henry
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
— Patrick Henry
There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.
— Patrick Henry
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.
— Patrick Henry
I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.
— Patrick Henry
When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.
— Patrick Henry
Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.
— James G. Watt
Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
— Patrick Henry
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
— Patrick Henry
You shouldn't say I can't until you've tried.
— Patrick Henry Hughes
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
— Patrick Henry
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.
— Patrick Henry
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever ...
— Patrick Henry
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
— Patrick Henry
The people have a right to keep and bear arms.
— Patrick Henry
Faith has played a major role in my life. Whenever I feel an obstacle is too great, I can always go to God in prayer and He'll help me through it.
— Patrick Henry Hughes
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.
— Patrick Henry
We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
— Patrick Henry
We have not yet begun to fight.
— Patrick Henry
Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure
— Patrick Henry
Not disabilities at all - more Abilities.
— Patrick Henry Hughes
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
— Caleb Cushing
Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.
— John Stossel
Being a Christian ... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.
— Patrick Henry
Death was Patrick Henry's second choice.
— Wavy Gravy
I am not a Virginian, I am an American.
— Patrick Henry
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
— Patrick Henry
Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
— Patrick Henry
This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
— Patrick Henry
I am not a Virginian, but an American.
— Patrick Henry
Give me liberty, or give me death! While we're at it, I would also like a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
— Patrick Henry
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
— Patrick Henry
I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
— Patrick Henry
God made me blind and unable to walk. Big deal!
— Patrick Henry Hughes
Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.
— Douglas Southall Freeman