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Patrick Henry Quote: “I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.”

51. “I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!”

52. “Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings – give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.”

53. “My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.”

54. “I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?”

55. “Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?”

56. “Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.”

57. “You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Bad men cannot make good citizens.”

58. “Bad men cannot make good citizens.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail.”

59. “If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life.”

60. “The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.”

61. “We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “I’m sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.”

62. “I’m sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The great object is that every man be armed.”

63. “The great object is that every man be armed.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.”

64. “The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.”

65. “Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “I shall act as I think my duty requires.”

66. “I shall act as I think my duty requires.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.”

67. “Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.”

68. “It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.”

69. “The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Oh, how wretched should I be at this moment, if I had not made my peace with God.”

70. “Oh, how wretched should I be at this moment, if I had not made my peace with God.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.”

71. “I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Give me liberty or give me gout?! Ok, who’s been messing with this?”

72. “Give me liberty or give me gout?! Ok, who’s been messing with this?”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “No realistic American can expect from a dictator’s peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion – or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

73. “No realistic American can expect from a dictator’s peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion – or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!”

74. “The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “The people have a right to keep and bear arms.”

75. “The people have a right to keep and bear arms.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

76. “Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

— Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Quote: “I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.”

77. “I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.”

— Patrick Henry

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