A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation. — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
“In the midst of death’s relentless power, I yet among the living stand” — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
