"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 strength of a man's mind is only to be estimated by the weight of the truths it can contain."

"God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience, it cannot be supposed he meant it should always remain common and u…"

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself."

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