Patrick Henry
sitemanagerI know not what course others make take, but as for me: give me Liberty, or give me death.
Patrick Henry
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate…
Patrick Henry
The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Patrick Henry
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
Patrick Henry
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Patrick Henry
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
Patrick Henry
It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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.