We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

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

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.

That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts of despotism and cruelty.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.