Patrick Henry

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

"I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money."

"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."

"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

"It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery."

"It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death."

"The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed."

"This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed."

"We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."