Use Of Ethos In Patrick Henry's Speech
“It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth and fulfill the great responsibility” (Henry 102). In 1775 people feared that America would never gain its independence from Britain and Patrick Henry changed that. Patrick Henry wanted to convince the congress to raise a militia to fight back the British. To do so Patrick Henry used Pathos in his speech “To the Virginia Convention” and was able to persuade his audience into raising a militia. It was important to persuade the colonist to raise a militia because it made people motivated to fight the British. Pathos was used incredibly well in order to rally up the colonist. “The battle, sir, is not the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave” (Henry 104). This quote