Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
US Founding Father


"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,
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."