Patrick Henry

A wrong step now will plunge us into misery and our republic will be lost. Patrick Henry Virginia Ratifying Convention June 5, 1788

Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Patrick Henry Virginia Ratifying Convention June 5, 1788

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. Patrick Henry The American Crisis, No. 4 September 11, 1777

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. Patrick Henry Virginia Ratifying Convention June 5, 1788

O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an aristocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation, brought about by the…