[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then

Let Us Contemplate Our Forefathers, And Posterity, And Resolve To Maintain The Rights Bequeathed To Us From The Former, For The Sake Of The Latter.

The Eyes Of Mankind Will Be Upon You To See Whether The Government, Which Is Now More Popular Than It Has Been For Many Years Past, Will Be Productive Of More Virtue Moral And Political. We May Look Up To Armies For Our Defense, But Virtue Is Our Best Security. It Is Not Possible That Any State Should Long Remain Free, Where Virtue Is Not Supremely Honored.

I Thank God That I Have Lived To See My Country Independent And Free. She May Long Enjoy Her Independence And Freedom If She Will. It Depends On Her Virtue.

Shame On The Men Who Can Court Exemption From Present Trouble And Expense At The Price Of Their Own Posterity's Liberty!

If Our Trade Be Taxed, Why Not Our Lands, Or Produce In Short, Everything We Possess? They Tax Us Without Having Legal Representation.