Those Who Take Oaths To Politically Powerful

My Hopes Of A Future Life Are All Founded Upon The Gospel Of Christ And I Cannot Cavil Or Quibble Away... The Whole Tenor Of His Conduct By Which He Sometimes Positively Asserted And At Others Countenances His Disciples In Asserting That He Was God.

The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition That They Have Assumed And Maintain, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonisation Byany European Powers? In The Wars Of The Europeanpowers Inmattersrelating To Ourselves, We Have Never Taken Any Part; Nor Does It Comport With Our Policy To Do So.

I Would Much Rather Be Found Guilty Of Making A Serious Mistake In Judgment, Than To Be Accused Of Being Even A Little Bit Insincere.

Westward The Star Of Empire Takes Its Way.

My Stern Chase After Time Is, To Borrow A Simile From Tom Paine, Like The Race Of A Man With A Wooden Leg After A Horse.