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Patrick Henry Quotes


An orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786. Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 and is well remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech. Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he is remembered as one of the most influential exponents of Republicanism, promoters of the American Revolution and Independence, especially in his denunciations of corruption in government officials and his defense of historic rights.

Here are some famous quotes by  Patrick Henry.

Give me liberty or give me death.

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I am not a Virginian but an American.

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

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It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.

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

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I know not what course others make take but as for me: give me Liberty or give me death.

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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.

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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God!

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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

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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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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.

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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.

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It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum prosperity and freedom of worship here.