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Patrick Henry Quotes
«The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution,
Government,
People
| Keywords:
constitution, constitutions, dominate, dominated by, instrument, interests, lest, restrain, restraining, restrains, the government
«It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Christianity,
God,
Religion
| Keywords:
christ, Christians, emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing, founded, gospel, Gospels, Jesus, Jesus Christ, nation, religions, strongly
«The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| Keywords:
a people, concealed, liberties, rulers, secure, transaction, transactions
«It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Hope,
Illusion,
Mankind
| Keywords:
Against A, anguish, anguished, anguishes, apt, beasts, cost, illusions, indulge, indulges, painful, provide, provide for, shut, siren, Sirens, song, The Song of, The Whole Truth, transforms
«Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
God,
Wishes
| Keywords:
Almighty, Almighty God, chains, forbid, for dear life, Give Me Liberty, Liberty Or Death, purchased, slavery
«Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.»
«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.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Jealousy,
Liberty
| Keywords:
approaches, downright, guard, inevitably, jealous, jewel, ruined, suspect, unfortunately
«Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| Keywords:
cent, Christian religion, disposed, disposes, dispose of, disposing, My Family, The Christian