I Thank God, I Have Been Able,

Taught To Regard A Part Of Our Own Species In The Most Abject And Contemptible Degree Below Us, We Lose That Idea Of The Dignity Of Man Which The Hand Of Nature Had Implanted In Us, For Great And Useful Purposes.

I Charge [my Sons] Never To Let The Motives Of Private Interest Or Ambition To Influence Them To Betray, Nor The Terrors Of Poverty And Disgrace, Or The Fear Of Danger Or Of Death Deter Them From Asserting The Liberty Of Their Country, And Endeavoring To Transmit To Their Posterity Those Sacred Rights To Which Themselves Were Born

That The Legislative And Executive Powers Of The State Should Be Separate And Distinct From The Judiciary; And That The Members Of The Two First May Be Restrained From Oppression, By Feeling And Participating The Burdens Of The People, They Should, At Fixed Periods, Be Reduced To A Private Station, Return Into That Body From Which They Were Originally Taken, And The Vacancies Be Supplied By Frequent, Certain, And Regular Elections, In Which All, Or Any Part Of The Former Members, To Be Again Eligible, Or Ineligible, As The Laws Shall Direct.

The Augmentation Of Slaves Weakens The States; And Such A Trade Is Diabolical In Itself, And Disgraceful To Mankind.

Government Is, Or Ought To Be Instituted For The Common Benefit, Protection, And Security Of The People, Nation, Or Community... When Any Government Shall Be Found Inadequate Or Contrary To These Purposes, A Majority Of The Community Hath An Indubitable, Inalienable, And Indefeasible Right To Reform, Alter, Or Abolish It, In Such Manner As Shall Be Judged Most Conducive To The Public Weal.