Morals and lights are our first necessities.

An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.

Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.

God grants victory to perseverance.