I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day, may be taught in it's highest degrees.

Though written constitutions may be violated in moments of passion or delusion, yet they furnish a text to which those who are watchful may again rally and recall the people; they fix too for the people the principles of their political creed.

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us.

Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.

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