Patrick Henry Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth...
For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth;
to know the worst; and to provide for it."

by:	Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding Father
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Categories:	Proverbs, Truth
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilation, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jeffereson -- anonymous, nowhere
I stand with Patrick Henry on this. There is so much to say on this subject, I wouldn't know where to start. -- Mike, Norwalk
Ignorance is bliss until a steel collar is fastened around your neck. -- Justin, Elkland 1
I stand here waiting...for the truth... -- Abigail, Newport
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It is the brave who stand for what is true who face opposition from the vast criminal population who misrepresent the real, this is the truth. Very rare is that voice of reason. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
An added tidbit about the conventional attitude. Anyone with mental health and habitual tells the truth is observed by the conventional individual as quite an extravagant expense, a billionaire is entitled to lie a much as that want to, no complaints about every word they express is untrue, but a penny spent on the truth is too expensive. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown 1