Patrick Henry Quotes & Sayings
18 most famous Patrick Henry quotes and sayings (politician). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.”
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
“I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.”
“I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”
“Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.”
“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
“Give me liberty or give me death.”
“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.”
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