All John Dickinson Quotes
- For I am convinced, that the authors of this law would never obtain an act to raise so trifling a sum as it must do,… Act
- I shall be extremely sorry, if any man mistakes my meaning in any thing I have said. Officers employed by the crown are, while according… According
- For as long as the products of our labor and the rewards of our care, can properly be called our own, so long it will… Called
- With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which… Animating
- We cannot be happy, without being free, that we cannot be free, without being secure in our property, that we cannot be secure in our… Consent
- Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Care
- It would be an insult on the divine Majesty to say that he has given or allowed any man or body of men a right… Allowed
- If my property cannot be secure, in case others over whom I have no kind of influence, may take it from me by taxes, under… Arbitrary
- The all wise Creator of man imprest certain laws on his nature. A desire of happiness, and of society, are two of those laws. They… All
- As Congress is now to legislate for our extensive territory lately acquired, I pray to Heaven that they may build up the system of the… Acquired
- Rendering thanks to my Creator for my existence and station among His works, for my birth in a country enlightened by the Gospel and enjoying… All