The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

I know no way of judging the future but by the past.

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.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

The great object is that every man be armed.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

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.

Give me liberty or give me death.

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.

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

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

If this be treason, make the most of it!

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

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

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.

Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform.

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.

Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and 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 people have a right to keep and bear arms.

I know not what course others may take; 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 eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

The accepted versions of the Bible are all substantially correct.

As I have studied the Bible and the Book of Mormon, I have come to know through the power of the Spirit of God, that these books contain the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I have continued systematically to study the Book of Mormon and Bible to understand even more deeply what God expects of me and my family while on this earth.

There are any number of people who profess to be good Christian people who are willing to believe all kinds of things on suspicion. Now that is not the way the Bible directs for Christian people to do.

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.

If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done.

So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.