Every generation needs a new revolution.

We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.

Our minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country.

When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.