The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws

We Are Now To Rank Among The Nations Of The World; But Whether Our Independence Shall Prove A Blessing Or A Curse Must Depend Upon Our Own Wisdom Or Folly, Virtue Or Wickedness.... Justice And Virtue Are The Vital Principles Of Republican Government.

That Slow Poison [slavery] Is Daily Contaminating The Minds And Morals Of Our People. Every Gentlemen Here Is Born A Petty Tyrant, Practiced In Acts Of Despotism And Cruelty.

Considering The Natural Lust For Power So Inherent In Man, I Fear The Thirst Of Power Will Prevail To Oppress The People.

I Begin To Grow Heartily Tired Of The Etiquette And Nonsense So Fashionable In This City.

The Epithets Of Parent And Child Have Been Long Applied To Great Britain And Her Colonies, [but] We Rarely See Anything From Your Side Of The Water Except The Authoritative Style Of A Master To A School-boy.