The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.

Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.

The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly.

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and tho' avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.