More From Patrick Henry
- "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."
- "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."
- "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."
More In Great
- "He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead."― Voltaire
- "Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player."― Billy Corgan