quotes by 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! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty of give me death!"
— Patrick Henry

""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 our lives and interests."
— Patrick Henry

""If this be treason, make the most of it!""
— Patrick Henry

"I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past."
— Patrick Henry

"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
— Patrick Henry

"Give me liberty or give me death!"
— Patrick Henry

"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

"It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"
— 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 our lives and interests."
— Patrick Henry

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
— 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! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
— Patrick Henry

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
— Patrick Henry

"The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery"
— Patrick Henry

"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole turuth; to know the worst, and to provide for it."
— 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 our lives and interests."
— 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 our lives and interests."
— Patrick Henry