The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life

I shall act as I think my duty requires.

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.

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

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

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.