I Shall Have Liberty To Think For

The United States Of America Have Exhibited, Perhaps, The First Example Of Governments Erected On The Simple Principles Of Nature. . . . [in] The Formation Of The American Governments . . . It Will Never Be Pretended That Any Persons Employed In That Service Had Interviews With The Gods, Or Were In Any Degree Under The Influence Of Heaven. . . . These Governments Were Contrived Merely By The Use Of Reason And The Senses.

They Shall Not Be Expected To Acknowledge Us Until We Have Acknowledged Ourselves.

Slavery Is A Foul Contagion In The Human Character.

If We Do Not Lay Out Ourselves In The Service Of Mankind Whom Should We Serve?

Arms In The Hands Of Citizens May Be Used At Individual Discretion... In Private Self-defense.