Patrick Henry. 1736-1799. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Patrick Henry. (1736–1799)

Cæsar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third [“Treason!” cried the Speaker]—may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

Speech in the Virginia Convention, 1765.

I am not a Virginian, but an American. 1

Speech in the Virginia Convention, September, 1774.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past. 2

Speech in the Virginia Convention, March, 1775.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Speech in the Virginia Convention, March, 1775.

Note 1.
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!—Daniel Webster: Speech, July 17, 1850. [back]

Note 2.
See Burke, Quotation 36. [back]

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