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- Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
- And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or…
- Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.…
- The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
- Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may…
- I would advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from Heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine men were to perish, and…
- Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an…
- And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the…
- The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years…
- What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious…
- Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies…
- We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Mankind are governed more by their feeling than by reason. Events which excite those…
- Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be…
- A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the…
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