» I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.
» I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
» Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
» I know of know way of judging the future but by the past.
» I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
» For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
» Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
» Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
» know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
» We are not weak, if we make proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power... The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.