"The earth belongs to the living, not the dead."

"The only security a free people can have for the faithful observance of their constitution and laws, is to be found in a right of taxation."

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of…"

"The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."

"On this foundation I hope the whole may be made to stand; and that from this principle, every generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its own h…"