A Free, Virtuous, And Enlightened People Must

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising Their Sovereignty.

If America Wants Concessions, She Must Fight For Them. We Must Purchase Our Power With Our Blood.

Before Any Man Can Be Considered As A Member Of Civil Society, He Must Be Considered As A Subject Of The Governor Of The Universe. And To The Same Divine Author Of Every Good And Perfect Gift We Are Indebted For All Those Privileges And Advantages, Religious As Well As Civil, Which Are So Richly Enjoyed In This Favored Land.

How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay; How Subject The Best-formed And Most Wisely Organized Governments Have Been To Lose Their Check And Totally Dissolve; How Difficult It Has Been For Mankind, In All Ages And Countries, To Preserve Their Dearest Rights And Best Privileges, Impelled As It Were By An Irresistible Fate Of Despotism.

I Regret That I Should Leave This World Without Again Beholding Him.