I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature.

An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.