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It Is A Very Great Mistake To Imagine That The Object Of Loyalty Is The Authority And Interest Of One Individual Man, However Dignified By The Applause Or Enriched By The Success Of Popular Actions.

Rebellion Against A King May Be Pardoned, Or Lightly Punished, But The Man Who Dares To Rebel Against The Laws Of A Republic Ought To Suffer Death.

In A State Of Tranquility, Wealth, And Luxury, Our Descendants Would Forget The Arts Of War And The Noble Activity And Zeal Which Made Their Ancestors Invincible. Every Art Of Corruption Would Be Employed To Loosen The Bond Of Union Which Renders Our Resistance Formidable. When The Spirit Of Liberty Which Now Animates Our Hearts And Gives Success To Our Arms Is Extinct, Our Numbers Will Accelerate Our Ruin And Render Us Easier Victims To Tyranny.

[t]he Importance Of Piety And Religion; Of Industry And Frugality; Of Prudence, Economy, Regularity And An Even Government; All . . . Are Essential To The Well-being Of A Family.

The Right To Freedom Is The Gift Of God Almighty....the Rights Of The Colonists As Christians May Be Best Understood By Reading, And Carefully Studying The Institutes Of The Great Lawgiver And Head Of The Christian Church: Which Are To Be Found Clearly Written And Promuligated In The New Testament.