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

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

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.

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

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

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

Give me liberty or give me death.

Give me liberty or give me death.

- 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

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

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great object is that every man be armed.

- Patrick Henry

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