I can realat to that

"I cannot live without books." 

~Thomas Jefferson~ 

 

I've never really cared for Thomas Jefferson because he didn't like Patrick Henry and Patrick Henry is kind of my "Historical Hero" if there is such a thing (?).
But if he said this, well.... maybe he's an O.K. guy. I mean really, who can live without books? They are AMAZING!  

Well Bye, 

®achel™

I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it

Day 344

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

~Patrick Henry~ 

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Day 319

"United we stand, divided we fall, Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs." 

~Patrick Henry~ 

 

 

 

Armed

Day 315

“The great object is that every man be armed.”

~Patrick Henry~

Very Striking

Day 288

(Somewhere between January and know I got the days messed up but know I have it right!)

"That this is a consolidated Government is demonstrably clear, and the danger of such a Government, is, to my mind, very striking."

~Patrick Henry~ 

June 4, 1788 at the Virginia Ratifying Convention

Patrick Henry was against ratifying the new Constitution because he saw it as giving to much power to the federal government and not to the states. 

con•sol•i•date 

   To make something stronger.

Just enough

Day 278

"May your life be filled with just enough challenge for you to demonstrate your character!"

~Patrick Henry~

the good and the great man

Day 273

“Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good and the great man, is not that he has been exempted from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.”
~Patrick Henry~
In a letter to a young friend having business problems

The Grand Operation

Day 258

“The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life. I ever prized the superior privilege of being one in that chosen age, to which providence entrusted its favorite work.”
~Patrick Henry~ 

Well Bye,
®achel™

It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.

Day 249

“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, of the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”
~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye,
  ®achel™

Provide for it!

Day 239

“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions 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… For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.”
~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye,
®achel™

Guard Liberty Jealously!

Day 224

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye, 

®achel™

future/past

Day 216

“I know no way of judging the future but by the past.”
~Patrick Henry~

Well  Bye, 

®achel™

We are not weak...

Day 215

“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” 

~Patrick Henry~ 

 

 

Well Bye, 

®achel™

the liberties of a people...

Day 208

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." 

~Patrick Henry~ 

I just found a lot of Patrick Henry quotes! can you tell? 

Well Bye, 

 ®achel™

The Primary Object

Day 205

"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
 ~Patrick Henry~

 Well Bye, 

®achel™

Free Government, Blessings of Liberty

Day 204

"No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles"

~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye, 

®achel™

The Bible,

Day 202

"The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed." 

~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye, 

®achel™

Restrain the Government

Day 172

"The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." 

~Patrick Henry~

Well Bye, 

®achel™ 

United we stand, divided we fall,

Day 156

"United we stand, divided we fall, Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs." 

~Patrick Henry~

-Last Public Speech Before His Death, March 4, 1799

Well Bye, 

®achel™

This is all the inheritance...

Day 151

"This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed." 

~Patrick Henry~
His Last Will and Testament

Patrick Henry's Birthday was yesterday and I hardly got a chance to even do my post for the day so this is a little late and it's more like something you would do on the day he died but it was all I could find on short notice so here it is and I hope you like it. 

Well Bye,

®achel™