Every Society, All Government, And Every Kind

All Power Is Lodged In, And Consequently Derived From, The People. We Should Wear It As A Breastplate, And Buckle It On As Our Armour.

If I Can Only Live To See The American Union Firmly Fixed, And Free Governments Well Established In Our Western World, And Can Leave To My Children But A Crust Of Bread And Liberty, I Shall Die Satisfied.

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

As Much As I Value An Union Of All The States, I Would Not Admit The Southern States Into The Union, Unless They Agreed To The Discontinuance Of This Disgraceful Trade, Because It Would Bring Weakness And Not Strength To The Union.

That The People Have A Right To Uniform Government; And, Therefore, That No Government Separate From, Or Independent Of The Government Of Virginia, Ought To Be Erected Or Established Within The Limits Thereof.