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.
Mercy Otis WarrenGeneral Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York
Mercy Otis WarrenThe love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.
Mercy Otis WarrenNo republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.
Mercy Otis Warren