Author: Patrick Henry

Quotes

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

- Patrick Henry

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Patrick Henry

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Patrick Henry

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great object is that every man be armed.

- Patrick Henry

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

- Patrick Henry

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