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

. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

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

The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.

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

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