"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the peop..." - Patrick Henry

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 dominate our lives and interests.

— Patrick Henry
Founding Father, Governor of Virginia (1776–1779; 1784–1786)

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About Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was American founding father, governor of virginia (1776–1779; 1784–1786). Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Read more on Wikipedia →

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Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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