Patrick Henry

"Adventure tests our character and reveals what we are truly made of."

"The imagination knows no boundaries that reason has not imposed upon it."

"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes in troubling ways."

"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom, not the possession of it."

"Literature gives voice to those who have been silenced by their times."

"Politics is the art of making the possible serve the ideal."

"War scars the land and the soul; let us exhaust all other options first."

"Motivation that depends on external approval is fragile and unreliable."

"Inspiration is the result of exposure to greatness in thought and deed."

"In relationships, we reveal who we truly are."

"Solitude teaches us to know ourselves before we can truly know others."

"The beauty of a sunset reminds us of the beauty of freedom."

"The great object of my life has been to observe and to obey the will of my Creator."

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

"It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government."

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

"We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature has placed in our power."

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

"Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen."

"I am sure that I do not err in believing that the mass of the citizens in these colonies now feel a certain amount of reverence for the GR [George III]."

"This is the only time in which it is possible for us to secure our rights."

"We must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of our fathers is all that is left us."

"The great unalienable rights of mankind, the foundation of all our independence."

"Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not?"

"The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country."

"There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations."

"The time for compromise has now passed, and the time for revolution is at hand."

"I know not what course others may take, but as for me and my house, we shall be free."

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

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."