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Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

(1736 – 1799) 1st & 6th Governor of Virginia, Influential Orator, American Lawyer, "Firebrand of the Revolution".

This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.

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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.

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Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.

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The Bible… is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever printed.

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But, indeed, my dear child, this [Christianity] is a character which I prize far above all this world has, or can boast.

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I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics.

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