If this be treason, make the most of it!

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

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

Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

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

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.