Creative Quotations from Patrick Henry (1736-1799)

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Patrick Henry
(1736-1799) born on May 29

US statesman, orator. He was a brilliant orator of the Amer. Revolution ("Give me liberty or give me death", 1755); first governor of VA.

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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts.

I know no way of judging the future but by the past.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips," MCR software, 1995.