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Quotation from Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry
“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.”
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 3 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project)
The principle on which his whole case against further petitioning rests.
Citation: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." — Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 3 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project). (id give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-q2)
Portrait: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry speech, Currier & Ives, Public domain.
