Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.

In short I must confide in you to take such care of the men under you as an economical householder would of his own family, doingevery thing within himself as far as he can, and calling for as few supplies as possible. The less you depend for supplies from this quarter, the less you will be disappointed.

Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to count on any thing but annuals.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

The same facts impress us differently.