Neither The Wisest Constitution Nor The Wisest

I Thank God That I Have Lived To See My Country Independent And Free. She May Long Enjoy Her Independence And Freedom If She Will. It Depends On Her Virtue.

I Believe That No People Ever Yet Groaned Under The Heavy Yoke Of Slavery But When They Deserved It.

If Ever A Time Should Come, When Vain And Aspiring Men Shall Possess The Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need Of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin.

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. Let Us Remember That "if We Suffer Tamely A Lawless Attack Upon Our Liberty, We Encourage It, And Involve Others In Our Doom," It Is A Very Serious Consideration That Millions Yet Unborn May Be The Miserable Sharers Of The Event.

[t]he Importance Of Piety And Religion; Of Industry And Frugality; Of Prudence, Economy, Regularity And An Even Government; All . . . Are Essential To The Well-being Of A Family.