The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.

Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every sect, disclaimed by all while feeble and practised by all when in power. Our laws have applied the only antidote to this vice, protecting our religions, as they do our civil rights, by putting all on equal footing. But more remains to be done.

Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.

With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love of our country soar above all minor passions, I tender you the assurance of my affectionate esteem and respect.