Considering The Natural Lust For Power So

The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws Of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth.

If I Can Only Live To See The American Union Firmly Fixed, And Free Governments Well Established In Our Western World, And Can Leave To My Children But A Crust Of Bread And Liberty, I Shall Die Satisfied.

All Power Is Lodged In, And Consequently Derived From, The People. We Should Wear It As A Breastplate, And Buckle It On As Our Armour.

It Is Contrary To The Principles Of Reason And Justice That Any Should Be Compelled To Contribute To The Maintenance Of A Church With Which Their Consciences Will Not Permit Them To Join, And From Which They Can Derive No Benefit; For Remedy Whereof, And That Equal Liberty As Well Religious As Civil, May Be Universally Extended To All The Good People Of This Commonwealth.

All Power Is Vested In, And Consequently Derived From, The People; [...] Magistrates Are Their Trustees And Servants, And At All Times Amenable To Them.