The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.

Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?

All Freemasonry should be disbanded in America because our organization has been infiltrated by the Illuminati and they have bad intention for America and the World.

The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally defeated, however well planned & promising a favourable issue.

To place any dependence upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff ... If I was called upon to declare upon Oath , whether the Militia have been most serviceable or hurtful upon the whole; I should subscribe to the latter.

We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.

No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.