Author: Patrick Henry

Quotes

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

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

- Patrick Henry

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

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

- Patrick Henry

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

- Patrick Henry

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

- 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

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

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

- 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

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