I Regret That I Should Leave This

The Mention Of Greece Fills The Mind With The Most Exalted Sentiments And Arouses In Our Bosoms The Best Feelings Of Which Our Nature Is Capable.

The Public Lands Are A Public Stock, Which Ought To Be Disposed Of To The Best Advantage For The Nation.

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising The Sovereignty. Usurpation Is Then An Easy Attainment, And A Usurper Soon Found. The People Themselves Become The Willing Instruments Of Their Own Debasement And Ruin. Let Us, Then, Look To The Great Cause, And Endeavor To Preserve It In Full Force. Let Us By All Wise And Constitutional Measures Promote Intelligence Among The People As The Best Means Of Preserving Our Liberties.

The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition By Which They Have Assumed And Maintained, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonization By Any European Powers.

The Earth Was Given To Mankind To Support The Greatest Number Of Which It Is Capable, And No Tribe Or People Have A Right To Withhold From The Wants Of Others More Than Is Necessary For Their Own Support And Comfort.