How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

But there are some persons who wouldpersuade the people never to make use of their constitutional rights.

The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying the institutes of the great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church: which are to be found clearly written and promuligated in the New Testament.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.

Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a Community to determine what they will give and grant of their substance for the Administration of public affairs.

The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.