| PATRICK HENRY |
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| �I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past.�
�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 or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!� �The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.� [in a speech to the Continental Congress on Sept. 1, 1774] |