A Few Years' Experience Will Convince Us

That No Free Government, Nor The Blessings Of Liberty, Can Be Preserved To Any People, But By A Firm Adherence To Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Frugality, And Virtue; By Frequent Recurrence To Fundamental Principles; And By The Recognition By All Citizens That They Have Duties As Well As Rights, And That Such Rights Cannot Be Enjoyed Save In A Society Where Law Is Respected And Due Process Is Observed.

Slavery Discourages Arts And Manufacturing ...[and] Every Master Of Slaves Is Born A Petty Tyrant.

I Thank God, I Have Been Able, By Adopting Principles Of Strict Economy And Frugality, To Keep My Principal, I Mean My Country-estate, Unimpaired.

That Elections Of Members To Serve As Representatives Of The People, In Assembly, Ought To Be Free; And That All Men, Having Sufficient Evidence Of Permanent Common Interest With, And Attachment To, The Community, Have The Right Of Suffrage, And Cannot Be Taxed Or Deprived Of Their Property For Public Uses, Without Their Own Consent, Or That Of Their Representives So Elected, Nor Bound By Any Law To Which They Have Not, In Like Manner, Assembled, For The Public Good.

That No Man, Or Set Of Men, Are Entitled To Exclusive Or Separate Emoluments Or Privileges From The Community, But In Consideration Of Public Services; Which, Not Being Descendible, Neither Ought The Offices Of Magistrate, Legislator, Or Judge To Be Hereditary.