Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts.

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

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.

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