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 | "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right
to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the
right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. Those are
evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of
self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature." | |
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Found in the topic Civil.
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| "Driven from every corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the
right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to
this happy country as their last asylum." | |
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Found in the topic Ambition.
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| "If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand
that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason." | |
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Found in the topic Feelings.
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| "Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but
whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and
religious liberty." | |
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Found in the topic Freedom.
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| "The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution
are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them
against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our
worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and
expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and
diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present
generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested
from us by violence without a struggle, or be cheated out of them by the
artifices of false and designing men." | |
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Found in the topic Defense.
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| "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 kings and princes." | |
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Found in the topic Rebellion.
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| "In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different
professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have
ever practiced, and both by precept and example inculcated on
mankind." | |
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Found in the topic Religion.
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| "The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with
nothing short of it." | |
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Found in the topic Independence.
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| "The Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people
of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own
arms." | |
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Found in the topic Gun.
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