Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s June 2, 1788. I’m at the Virginia Convention with Anti-Federalist Patrick Henry.
JG: “Governor Henry, why have you so passionately spoken out against a strong federal government?”
PH: “Mr. Gillespie, we ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of our liberty. For instead of securing our rights, we may lose them forever. Sovereignty is “We the States,” not “We the Federal Government!”
Patrick Henry played a key role in securing a Bill of Rights to our Constitution.
Read more about Patrick Henry and the Virginia Ratifying Convention.
FULL TEXT OF PATRICK HENRY’S SPEECH AT THE CONVENTION.
John and Jan Gillespie are the founders of the Rawhide Boys’ Ranch; they have fostered 351 teenagers and wrote the book Our 351 Sons; they have also assisted numerous churches in developing youth programs and expanding their total church ministries. After running for U.S. Senate, John founded 1776 American Dream, which exists to demonstrate the vision of our founding fathers and help our generation of youth passionately embrace those values.
