Fear is the passion of slaves.

Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

Bad men cannot make good citizens.

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself and encourage it in others.

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