A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves, nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.

The history of his present majesty, is a history of unremitting injuries and usurpationsall of which have in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.

The variety of opinions leads to questions. Questions lead to truth.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.

The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.