The Best Patrick Henry quotes

The great object is that every man be armed. — Patrick Henry

The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. — Patrick Henry

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed. — Patrick Henry

Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. — Patrick Henry

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. — Patrick Henry

Fear is the passion of slaves. — Patrick Henry

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. — Patrick Henry

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings–give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else! — Patrick Henry

This is all the inheritance i can give to my dear family. the religion of christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed. — 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. — Patrick Henry

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? forbid it, almighty god! i know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death! — Patrick Henry

I know of no way to judge the future but by the past. — Patrick Henry

I am not a Virginian, but an American. — Patrick Henry

Distinctions between virginians, new yorkers, and new englanders, are no more. i am not a virginian, but an american. — Patrick Henry

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American! — Patrick Henry

The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union. — Patrick Henry

We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists. — Patrick Henry

When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object. — Patrick Henry

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. — Patrick Henry

Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. — Patrick Henry

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. — Patrick Henry

Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself and encourage it in others. — Patrick Henry

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible. — Patrick Henry

Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government. — 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. — Patrick Henry

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever. — Patrick Henry

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

You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government. — Patrick Henry

Three million of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. — Patrick Henry

Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty? — Patrick Henry

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. — Patrick Henry