I Pray God I May Never Be

I Pray God I May Never Be Brought To The Melancholy Trial, But If Ever I Should, It Will Be Then Known How Far I Can Reduce To Practice, Principles, Which I Know To Be Founded In Truth.

Parliaments Are In All Cases To Declare What Is Good For The Whole; But It Is Not The Declaration Of Parliament That Makes It So.

The Only Principles Of Public Conduct That Are Worthy Of A Gentleman Or A Man Are To Sacrifice Estate, Ease, Health, And Applause, And Even Life, To The Sacred Calls Of His Country.

[slave] Trade ... Is The Most Shocking Violation Of The Law Of Nature, Has A Direct Tendency To Diminish ... Liberty, And Makes Every Dealer In It A Tyrant, From The Director Of An African Company To The Petty Chapman [peddler].... It Is A Clear Truth, That Those Who Every Day Barter Away Other Men's Liberty Will Soon Care Little For Their Own.

One Of The Most Essential Branches Of English Liberty Is The Freedom Of One's House. A Man's House Is His Castle.