Our Country May Be Likened To A

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

Our Country May Be Likened To A New House. We Lack Many Things, But We Possess The Most Precious Of All - Liberty!

The Emigrants Although Of Different Parties And Different Religious Sects All Flew From Persecution In Pursuit Of Liberty.

To Impose Taxes When The Public Exigencies Require Them Is An Obligation Of The Most Sacred Character, Especially With A Free People.

There Is A Price Tag On Human Liberty. That Price Is The Willingness To Assume The Responsibilities Of Being Free Men. Payment Of This Price Is A Personal Matter With Each Of Us.