Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds โ that we cannot be happy, without being FREE โ that we cannot be free, without being secure in our propertyโ that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away โ that taxes imposed on us by parliament, do thus take it away.
John DickinsonGovernment has hardened into a tyrannical monopoly, and the human race in general becomes as absolutely property as beasts in the plow.
John DickinsonKings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth. They are not annexed to us by parchments and seals. They are created in us by the decrees of Providence, which establish the laws of our nature. They are born with us; exist with us; and cannot be taken from us by any human power, without taking our lives.
John DickinsonWhat concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.
John Dickinson