To Disarm The People... Was The Best

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.

I Quitted My Seat In The House Of Delegates, From A Conviction That I Was No Longer Able To Do Any Essential Service.

A Few Years' Experience Will Convince Us That Those Things Which At The Time They Happened We Regarded As Our Greatest Misfortunes Have Proved Our Greatest Blessings.

The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws Of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth. A Legislature Must Not Obstruct Our Obedience To Him From Whose Punishment They Cannot Protect Us. All Human Constitutions Which Contradict His Laws, We Are In Conscience Bound To Disobey.

No Point Is Of More Importance Than That The Right Of Impeachment Should Be Continued. Shall Any Man Be Above Justice?