Although We Are Free By The Law,

I Like A Little Rebellion Now And Then. It Is Like A Storm In The Atmosphere.

Reason And Free Inquiry Are The Only Effectual Agents Against Error.

The Law For Religious Freedom... [has]put Down The Aristocracy Of The Clergy And Restored To The Citizen The Freedom Of The Mind.

It Is A Problem, Not Clear In My Mind, That [a Society Without Government, As Among Our Indians] Is Not The Best. But I Believe It To Be Inconsistent With Any Great Degree Of Population.

It Is To Secure Our Rights That We Resort To Government At All.