To Disarm The People... Was The Best

I Give And Bequeath My Soul To Almighty God That Gave It Me, Hoping That Through The Meritorious Death And Passion Of Our Savior And Redeemer Jesus Christ To Receive Absolution And Remission For All My Sins.

That No Man, Or Set Of Men, Are Entitled To Exclusive Or Separate Emoluments Or Privileges From The Community, But In Consideration Of Public Services; Which, Not Being Descendible, Neither Ought The Offices Of Magistrate, Legislator, Or Judge To Be Hereditary.

The Poor Despise Labor When Performed By Slaves.

I Have Been For Some Time In Retirement, And Shall Not Probably Return Again To Public Life; Yet My Anxiety For My Country, In These Times Of Danger, Makes Me Sometimes Dabble A Little In Politicks, And Keep Up A Correspondence With Some Men Upon The Public Stage.

All Power Is Vested In, And Consequently Derived From, The People; [...] Magistrates Are Their Trustees And Servants, And At All Times Amenable To Them.