Patrick Henry

2026-08-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

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

2026-07-09T09:53:00.000-07:00

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

Patrick Henry

2011-07-11T11:03:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-15T09:56:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-15T09:55:00.002-07:00

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.

Patrick Henry

2011-04-15T09:55:00.001-07:00

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Patrick Henry

2011-04-15T09:54:00.002-07:00

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

Patrick Henry

2011-04-15T09:54:00.001-07:00

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.