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[[Image:Henry.jpg|200px|thumb| A portrait of Patrick Henry .]]'''Patrick Henry''' (1736-1799) was a Patriot during the [[American Revolution]], and an anti-[[Federalist ]] who opposed ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]] afterwards. A radical democrat, he supported combining the executive and the legislative into a single elected body. An [[attorney]], he prevailed in the Parsons' Cause by defending the right of the [[Virginia]] colony to fix the price of the [[tobacco ]] to be paid to the clergy in violation of a contrary ruling in [[England]].<ref>http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/HENRY.HTM</ref> In the 1790s Henry was a leader of the [[Federalist Party]] in support of [[George Washington]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], and opposition to [[Thomas Jefferson]]

:''I consider it as nothing less than a question of [[freedom ]] or [[slavery ]] ... We have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated ... We have prostrated ourselves before the throne ... Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence. ...''

:''There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations ... who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, [[American Patriots|the brave ]] ... 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]].'''''  Henry has this to say about the Bible:<blockquote>...is a book worth more than all of the other books that were every printed.<ref>Original Intent (2004), David Barton, page 168</ref></blockquote>[[Image:Bland jones.jpg|200px|thumb|A depiction Henry speaking in the Virginia House of Burgesses.]]== Quotes ==* “The [[Constitution]] is not an instrument for the [[government]] to restrain [[the people]]; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to [[tyranny|dominate our lives]] and interests." * "The [[liberties]] of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their [[Federal Government|rulers]] may be concealed from them." * "Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with [[Right to keep and bear arms|arms for our defense]]?" ==See also==[[Patrick Henry College]]