I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

Were my soul trembling on the wing of eternity, were this hand freezing to death, were my voice choking with the last struggle, I would still, with the last gasp of that voice, implore you to remember the truth: God has given America to be free.

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.