Patrick Henry Famous Quotes
"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."
"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense"
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death"
"Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress If our defence be therealobject of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands"
"The great object is, that every man be armed. ... Every one who is able may have a gun."
"It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts."
Patrick Henry Quotations
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Herodotus
"Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools."
Thomas Hobbes
It is no use saying We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
"Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good His love and His kindness go on forever."
1 Chronicles 1634 TLB Bible
"Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man."
Sophocles
"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again."
Willa Cather
"One of the things that keeps you from dropping them in the nearest volcano is that you had to work too hard to get them. You had to cry, you had to scream, you had to sweat, you had to cuss out health care officials, and when that's all over with, you'll be willing to put up with a lot more from your kids."
Barbara Hall
"One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don't run with a wooden stake."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
"A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation."
Isaiah IX 22 Bible