It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.

The balm of life, a kind and faithful friend.

Great advantages are often attended with great inconveniences, and great minds called to severe trials.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.

The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.