Author: Patrick Henry

Quotes

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

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

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great object is that every man be armed.

- Patrick Henry

Give me liberty or give me death.

Give me liberty or give me death.

- 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 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

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

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

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