I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
PATRICK HENRYI 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. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.
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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. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.
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United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
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When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
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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.
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Give me liberty or give me death.
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Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
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The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery
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Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
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It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
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Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
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