"The greatest service an individual can render a country, is to support its freedom, and to expose its enemies."

"The more perfect civilization is, the less occasion has it for government, because the more does it regulate its own affairs, and govern itself."

"Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived."

"The American Crisis: These are the times that try men's souls."

"Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not what their mental or moral characters are."