"The strength of a nation does not consist in the extent of its territory, but in the extent of its commerce."

"Government, by being established on a false system, is a nursery of fraud and corruption, and needs to be reformed."

"It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies."

"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason."

"It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to conquer America, if she do not conquer herself by delay and disunion."