I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.

To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement

There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.