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.”

“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

“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.”

“The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.”

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”

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

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

“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.”

“Give me liberty or give me d”

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

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

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

“Give me liberty or give me death.”