The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

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.

United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.