[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?

I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.

The ten commandments and the sermon on the mount contain my religion.

Everything in life should be done with reflection.

The only way to form an army to be confided in, was a systematic discipline, by which means all men may be made heroes.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.