An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.