Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.

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.