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.

Quote by Patrick Henry

Topics: Jealousy Quotes, Liberty Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the...

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the...

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions...

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions...

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...

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price...

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price...

Give me liberty or give me death.

Give me liberty or give me death.

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...

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...

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is...

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is...

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was...

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was...

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be...

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be...

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.

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,...