Patrick Henry

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"The poor man's conscience is clear; yet he is ashamed. He feels himself out of the sight of others, groping in obscurity."

"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 faith in Jesus Christ."

"Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?"

"Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations."

"Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"

"We are forced to march to battle and we are going to conquer or die."

"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."

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

"He is the greatest patriot who stops the most robberies and murders on the road."

"The constitution which you adore, and the government you form, should be sacredly devoted to the welfare of the American people."

"If your American chiefs decided to unite with the French, it means they have the interest of America at heart."

"United we stand, divided we fall; let us not split into factions."

"Where is the difference between assimilating these causes and punishing them on the highway?"

"The general government is exercising powers not delegated to it."

"You must speak the language that the people understand."

"A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, not as a gift from their chief magistrate."

"If we love wealth better than liberty, we shall lose both."

"It would be dangerous to trust the rulers with a discretionary power over the resources of the people."

"There are some situations which require the greatest wisdom to manage properly."

"Can any man be a patriot who has not Liberty in his heart?"

"Some people are apt to be very partial to themselves."

"The Constitution was not made to accommodate slaves and slaveholders."

"Government is a subject of the greatest importance to every man; it touches him in his rights, his liberty, his life."

"Fair Virtue! pure Delight! I can no longer bear thy absence."

"The Almighty has His own purposes and His own time."

"Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed."

"Nations, like individuals, are forged in the fires of adversity."