Patrick Henry1736–1799The quotations of
Patrick Henry
American Founding Father, orator and politician
1736–1799
10 quotes, most often on War & Peace and Liberty. Part of the Founding Fathers collection.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention, St. John’s Church, Richmond (23 March 1775), as given in William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1817). Nothing was written down at the time: Wirt rebuilt the speech from listeners’ recollections four decades later, so how much of the wording is Henry’s is disputedGuard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Speech on the Federal Constitution, Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)
