A Wicked Hero Will Turn His Back

Freedom Of Speech Is A Principal Pillar Of A Free Government; When This Support Is Taken Away, The Constitution Of A Free Society Is Dissolved, And Tyranny Is Erected On Its Ruins. Republics And Limited Monarchies Derive Their Strength And Vigor From A Popular Examination Into The Action Of The Magistrates.

Industry Need Not Wish, And He That Lives Upon Hopes Will Die Fasting. There Are No Gains Without Pains. He That Hath A Trade Hath An Estate, And He That Hath A Calling Hath An Office Of Profit And Honor; But Then The Trade Must Be Worked At And The Calling Followed, Or Neither The Estate Nor The Office Will Enable Us To Pay Our Taxes. If We Are Industrious, We Shall Never Starve; For At The Workingman's House Hunger Looks In, But Dares Not Enter. Nor Will The Bailiff Or The Constable Enter, For Industry Pays Debts, While Idleness And Neglect Increase Them.

It Is Foolish To Lay Out Money For The Purchase Of Repentance.

History Affords Us Many Instances Of The Ruin Of States, By The Prosecution Of Measures Ill Suited To The Temper And Genius Of Their People. The Ordaining Of Laws In Favor Of One Part Of The Nation, To The Prejudice And Oppression Of Another, Is Certainly The Most Erroneous And Mistaken Policy. ... These Measures Never Fail To Create Great And Violent Jealousies And Animosities Between The People Favored And The People Oppressed; Whence A Total Separation Of Affections, Interests, Political Obligations, And All Manner Of Connections, By Which The Whole State Is Weakened.

I Grew Convinced That Truth, Sincerity And Integrity In Dealings Between Man And Man Were Of The Utmost Importance To The Felicity Of Life, And I Formed Written Resolutions . . . To Practice Them Ever While I Lived.