“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.”
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!”
“Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”