All That I Am My Mother Made

Occasional War Is One Of The Rigorous Instruments In The Hands Of Providence To Give Tone To The Character Of Nations.

In Charity To All Mankind, Bearing No Malice Or Ill Will To Any Human Being, And Even Compassionating Those Who Hold In Bondage Their Fellow Men, Not Knowing What They Do.

This Mode Of Electioneering Suited Neither My Taste Nor My Principles. I Thought It Equally Unsuitable To My Personal Character And To The Station In Which I Am Placed.

Who But Shall Learn That Freedom Is The Prize Man Still Is Bound To Rescue Or Maintain; That Nature's God Commands The Slave To Rise, And On The Oppressor's Head To Break The Chain. Roll, Years Of Promise, Rapidly Roll Round, Till Not A Slave Shall On This Earth By Found.

Civil Liberty Can Be Established On No Foundation Of Human Reason Which Will Not At The Same Time Demonstrate The Right Of Religious Freedom.