Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!

What right do they have to say "we the people" rather than we the States?

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.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

Fear is the passion of slaves.