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[–] rejectedfromreddit ago 

I'm not familiar with any of his thoughts other than "Give me liberty or give me death...". Do you have any recommended reading?

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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I checked my display library and couldn't find one, and then I went up to my "stacks" and also could not locate one. Apparently, I do not own a biography of Patrick Henry to recommend. I must have gained my knowledge of him through secondary sources - Chernow's Hamilton , McCullough's John Adams, Avlon's Washington's farewell, Ellis' His excellency or Broadwell's George Mason or Leonard White's series on the early parties (Federalists, Jeffersonians, and Jacksonians.) Those are what I have downstairs. I'm sure there are more upstairs that mention Henry's opposition.

I remember he famously denied Madison from being named the first senator from Virginia, so Madison had to run for Congress as a Representative. Henry called the Constitution a reformation of the tyranny of King George. Maybe he came around in his later years. (?)

I'll have to check the local history bookstore next time I am there for a PH Bio.