It Is Contrary To The Principles Of

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.

All Men Have An Equal, Natural And Unalienable Right To The Free Exercise Of Religion, According To The Dictates Of Conscience; And That No Particular Sect Or Society Of Christians Ought To Be Favored Or Established By Law In Preference To Others.

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.

It Is Contrary To The Principles Of Reason And Justice That Any Should Be Compelled To Contribute To The Maintenance Of A Church With Which Their Consciences Will Not Permit Them To Join, And From Which They Can Derive No Benefit; For Remedy Whereof, And That Equal Liberty As Well Religious As Civil, May Be Universally Extended To All The Good People Of This Commonwealth.

Considering The Natural Lust For Power So Inherent In Man, I Fear The Thirst Of Power Will Prevail To Oppress The People.