But There Are Some Persons Who Wouldpersuade

Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists Are These: First A Right To Life, Secondly To Liberty, And Thirdly To Property; Together With The Right To Defend Them In The Best Manner They Can.

Let Each Citizen Remember At The Moment He Is Offering His Vote...that He Is Executing One Of The Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society For Which He Is Accountable To God And His Country.

Is It Not High Time For The People Of This Country Explicitly To Declare, Whether They Will Be Freemen Or Slaves? It Is An Important Question Which Ought To Be Decided. It Concerns Us More Than Any Thing In This Life. The Salvation Of Our Souls Is Interested In The Event: For Wherever Tyranny Is Establish'd, Immorality Of Every Kind Comes In Like A Torrent. It Is In The Interest Of Tyrants To Reduce The People To Ignorance And Vice.

If Taxes Are Laid Upon Us Without Our Having A Legal Representation Where They Are Laid, We Are Reduced From The Character Of Free Subjects To The State Of Tributary Slaves.

It Is A Very Great Mistake To Imagine That The Object Of Loyalty Is The Authority And Interest Of One Individual Man, However Dignified By The Applause Or Enriched By The Success Of Popular Actions.