I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force.

The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.

Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendency of the people.

It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was no rightful link of connection between us and England but that of being under the same king.