"Truth, like gold, is not less so for being found in the dirt."

"Parents have a power over their children, to support and govern them for their good, till they are of capacity to shift for themselves."

"Men, being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent."

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom."

"Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that 'tis hardly to be conceived that an Englishman, much less a gentleman…"