Patrick Henry

"Liberty and safety are not incompatible; they are the foundation of each other."

"Education is the great conservator of liberty."

"The remedy for tyranny is not negotiation, but resistance."

"Our strength lies not in our numbers, but in our unity and resolve."

"When despotism becomes unbearable, it becomes the right of a people to alter their government."

"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."

"Truth will ultimately triumph over falsehood, though the struggle may be long."

"The foundation of national morality must be laid in the principles of private virtue."

"We have no alternative but to fight!"

"The love of liberty is the love of God."

"Consider the dreadful consequences of this doctrine."

"A free people will never consent to be governed by a distant tyrant."

"The harvest of our nation depends upon the virtue of its citizens."

"In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms."

"Caution is a virtue, but excessive caution becomes cowardice."

"The bonds of society are dissolved when liberty is surrendered."

"I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us into submission?"

"The value of a nation is measured by the freedom it grants its people."

"If we wish to inspire our posterity, we must act with honor and courage."

"Trust in Providence, but keep your powder dry."

"The eyes of the whole world are upon us now."

"No vow was ever more solemn than the one we have taken before God and our country."

"Our future is not written by the strong, but by those with the courage to write it themselves."