In Patrick Henry’s speeches, we see the opposition to more government power. He speaks his points with real concern for the people of America. He says his main objection to the new government is that “it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against …show more content…
Thinking of today’s society, it seems he was right to an extent. No rebellion has been able to overthrow the government and that’s because of the measure we have taken as a society to make sure something like that didn’t happen. What this revealed to me about Patrick Henry was that he thought more government would infringe on their liberty that they came to America for. These points made by both are difficult to not agree with both because I agree with both gentlemen here. We need government to make sure the country doesn’t fall apart but we don’t need the government trying to control our every move and