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

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.

I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what it may.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.