Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.

Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.

It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

That the enthusiasm which characterizes youth should lift its parricide hands against freedom and science would be such a monstrous phenomenon as I cannot place among possible things in this age and country.