Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. It would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but "to bind us in all cases whatsoever," and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious, for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.

Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.

It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes.