If Our Trade Be Taxed, Why Not

The Constitution Be Never Construed To Authorize Congress To Infringe The Just Liberty Of The Press, Or The Rights Of Conscience; Or To Prevent The People Of The United States, Who Are Peaceable Citizens, From Keeping Their Own Arms.

It Bodes Very Ill For Government When Men Are Exalted To Places Of High Trust Through Their Own Solicitations. He Only Fills A Place With Dignity Who Is Invited To It By His Fellow Citizens From The Experience They Have Had Of His Adequate Abilities.

The Country Shall Be Independent, And We Will Be Satisfied With Nothing Short Of It.

No People Ever Yet Groaned Under The Heavy Yoke Of Slavery, But When They Deserv'd It. ...the Truth Is, All Might Be Free If They Valued Freedom, And Defended It As They Ought. ...if Therefore A People Will Not Be Free; If They Have Not Virtue Enough To Maintain Their Liberty Against A Presumptuous Invader, They Deserve No Pity, And Are To Be Treated With Contempt And Ignominy.

In Regard To Religion, Mutual Toleration In The Different Professions Thereof Is What All Good And Candid Minds In All Ages Have Ever Practiced, And Both By Precept And Example Inculcated On Mankind.