Patrick Henry wanted the Constitution to have a Bill of Rights attached to it — a list of powers that the government could never use against the people of the United States.
PATRICK HENRYThis is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
More Patrick Henry Quotes
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing.
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Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
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Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?
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Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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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. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.
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it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
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The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
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Gentlemen may cry peace, peace- but there is no peace! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why should we idle here?…I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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.
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