All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.

Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise.

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.