“Fear is the passion of slaves.”
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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!
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.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
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.