My Dear Sister, I Hope, When God

What Must Be The Wealth That Avarice, Aided By Power, Cannot Exhaust!

The Supreme Power Cannot Take From Any Man Any Part Of His Property, Without His Consent In Person, Or By Representation.

Let The Consequences Be What They Will, I Am Determined To Proceed.

[the Passage Of The Sugar Act] Set People A Thinking, In Six Months, More Than They Had Done In Their Whole Lives Before.

The Only Principles Of Public Conduct That Are Worthy Of A Gentleman Or A Man Are To Sacrifice Estate, Ease, Health, And Applause, And Even Life, To The Sacred Calls Of His Country.