If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves.
Ignorance is the parent of fear.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.
He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule. Samuel Adams
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.
We may look up to Armies for Defence, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any state should long remain free, where Virtue is not supremely honord.
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.
The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.