Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists

Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists Are These: First, A Right To Life; Second, To Liberty; Third, To Property; Together With The Right To Support And Defend Them In The Best Manner They Can. These Are Evident Branches Of ... The Duty Of Self-preservation, Commonly Called The First Law Of Nature. All Men Have A Right To Remain In A State Of Nature As Long As They Please; And In Case Of Intolerable Oppression, Civil Or Religious, To Leave The Society They Belong To, And Ernter Into Another.... Now What Liberty Can There Be Where Property Is Taken Away Without Consent?

It Is Not Unfrequent To Hear Men Declaim Loudly Upon Liberty, Who, If We May Judge By The Whole Tenor Of Their Actions, Mean Nothing Else By It But Their Own Liberty, To Oppress Without Control Or The Restraint Of Laws All Who Are Poorer Or Weaker Than Themselves.

We Shall Never Be Abandoned By Heaven While We Act Worthy Of Its Aid And Protection

A True Patriot Would Keep The Attention Of His Fellow Citizens Awake To Their Grievances, And Not Allow Them To Rest Till The Causes Of Their Just Complaints Are Removed.

What A Man Has Honestly Acquired Is Absolutely His Own, Which He May Freely Give, But Cannot Be Taken From Him Without His Consent.