Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.

We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

Patrick Henry Quotes