While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God.

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

So, ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, in what country on earth would you rather live? — Certainly, in my own, where are all my friends, my relations, and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life. Which would be your second choice? France.

Preachers dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight.

Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.