Henry, Patrick Quotes
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the
siren, till she transforms us into beasts.
I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give
me liberty or give me death.
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?