[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then

If Taxes Are Laid Upon Us Without Our Having A Legal Representation Where They Are Laid, We Are Reduced From The Character Of Free Subjects To The State Of Tributary Slaves.

The Diminution Of Public Virtue Is Usually Attended With That Of Public Happiness, And The Public Liberty Will Not Long Survive The Total Extinction Of Morals.

Let Us Consider, Brethren, We Are Struggling For Our Best Birthrights And Inheritance, Which Being Infringed, Renders All Our Blessings Precarious In Their Enjoyments, And, Consequently Triffling In Their Value. Let Us Disappoint The Men Who Are Raising Themselves On The Ruin Of This Country. Let Us Convince Every Invader Of Our Freedom, That We Will Be As Free As The Constitution Our Fathers Recognized, Will Justify.

A General Dissolution Of Principles And Manners Will More Surely Overthrow The Liberties Of America Than The Whole Force Of The Common Enemy.

A Standing Army, However Necessary It May Be At Some Times, Is Always Dangerous To The Liberties Of The People. Such Power Should Be Watched With A Jealous Eye.