[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then

What A Glorious Morning This Is!

The Natural Liberty Of Man Is To Be Free From Any Superior Power On Earth, And Not To Be Under The Will Or Legislative Authority Of Man, But Only To Have The Law Of Nature For His Rule.

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.

A General Dissolution Of Principles And Manners Will More Surely Overthrow The Liberties Of America Than The Whole Force Of The Common Enemy. While The People Are Virtuous They Cannot Be Subdued; But When Once They Lose Their Virtue Then Will Be Ready To Surrender Their Liberties To The First External Or Internal Invader.

Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists Are These: First, A Right To Life; Second, To Liberty; Third, To Property; Together With The Right To Support And Defend Them In The Best Manner They Can. These Are Evident Branches Of ... The Duty Of Self-preservation, Commonly Called The First Law Of Nature. All Men Have A Right To Remain In A State Of Nature As Long As They Please; And In Case Of Intolerable Oppression, Civil Or Religious, To Leave The Society They Belong To, And Ernter Into Another.... Now What Liberty Can There Be Where Property Is Taken Away Without Consent?