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…

Quote by Patrick Henry

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If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges...

If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges...

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ...

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ...

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing...

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing...

That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...

That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know...

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great object is that every man be armed.

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or...

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or...

Give me liberty or give me death.

Give me liberty or give me death.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the...

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the...

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

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

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

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

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty,...

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty,...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

The country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to...

The country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to...

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and...

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and...