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Added Henry's quotation about deism
[[Image:Bland jones.jpg|200px|thumb|A depiction Henry speaking in the Virginia House of Burgesses.]]
[[Image:Bland jones.jpg|200px|thumb|A depiction Henry speaking in the Virginia House of Burgesses.]]
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
* "The rising greatness of our country is greatly tarnished by the general prevalence of [[deism]], which with me, is but another name for vice and depravity. I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of their number and indeed, that some good people think I am no Christian. This thought gives me much more pain than the appellation of tory; because I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics."
* "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past." - [[Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death]]
* "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past." - [[Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death]]