Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henrywas an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth29 May 1736
CityHanover County, VA
CountryUnited States of America
government people tyranny-founding-fathers
[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
people virtue suspicion
Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.
giving pirate liberty
Give me liberty, or give me death! While we're at it, I would also like a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
perseverance war evil
The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
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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.
country house slavery
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery
men safety militia
The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.
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If you have given up your militia, and Congress shall refuse to arm them, you have lost every thing. Your existence will be precarious, because you depend on others, whose interests are not affected by your infelicity.
war son men
Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.
military past men
First, the Constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be kept well organized, armed, and disciplined, and include, according to the past and general usage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms; and that all regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenseless, by establishing select corps of militia, or distinct bodies of military men, not having permanent interests and attachments in the community to be avoided.
strong mean bravery
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.
jealous rights forever
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever ...
fighting past feet
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the pasty. Let us not, I beseech you, deceive ourselves longer. We have done everything that could he done to avert the storm, which is now coming on. If we wish to be free we must fight, I repeat, we must fight.
war peace-with-god moments
Oh, how wretched should I be at this moment, if I had not made my peace with God.