Give me liberty or give me death.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope.
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth.
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth.
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations.
Give me liberty, or give me death!
There is no retreat but in submission and slavery.
Whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth.
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people.
Will it be when we are totally disarmed?
Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not?
Patrick Henry Quotes part 2
I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery.
We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated.
We have prostrated ourselves before the throne.
We are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
We shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations.
The whole inspiration came from the desperation.
We have petitioned; we have remonstrated.
The war is inevitable – and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry.
They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other.
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
I ask, sir, what is the aim?
The next gale that sweeps from the north.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time through fear of giving offense?
I do not hesitate to express my full convictions.
Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm.
The enemy is not only within our gates but in the very citadel of the republic.
We have gone too far to retract; we have appealed too often to Heaven to betray us now.
Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have?
If we wish to be free.
If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate.
There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!
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