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.

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...

I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants...

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants...

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,...

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...

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

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

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 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 ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.