What is it men cannot be made to believe!

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.

Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for that county to the legislature.

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.

Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take.