The Issue Today Is The Same As

Do Not Be Too Severe Upon The Errors Of The People, But Reclaim Them By Enlightening Them.

I Am Ever Unwilling That [peace] Should Be Disturbed As Long As The Rights And Interests Of The Nations Can Be Preserved. But Whensoever Hostile Aggressions On These Require A Resort To War, We Must Meet Our Duty And Convince The World That We Are Just Friends And Brave Enemies.

We Have No Right To Prejudice Another In His Civil Enjoyments Because He Is Of Another Church.

No Race Of Kings Has Ever Presented Above One Man Of Common Sense In Twenty Generations.

I Served With General Washington In Die Legislature Of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin In Congress. I Never Heard Neither Of Them Speak Ten Minutes At A Time, Nor To Any But The Main Point.