Give Credit To Whom Credit Due.

The Right To Freedom Is The Gift Of God Almighty....the Rights Of The Colonists As Christians May Be Best Understood By Reading, And Carefully Studying The Institutes Of The Great Lawgiver And Head Of The Christian Church: Which Are To Be Found Clearly Written And Promuligated In The New Testament.

Rebellion Against A King May Be Pardoned, Or Lightly Punished, But The Man Who Dares To Rebel Against The Laws Of A Republic Ought To Suffer Death.

It Is A Very Great Mistake To Imagine That The Object Of Loyalty Is The Authority And Interest Of One Individual Man, However Dignified By The Applause Or Enriched By The Success Of Popular Actions.

The Utopian Schemes Of Leveling And A Community Of Goods, Are As Visionary And Impractical As Those Which Vest All Property In The Crown. These Ideas Are Arbitrary, Despotic, And, In Our Government Unconstitutional.

[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then While They Remain Virtuous.