We Should Transmit To Posterity Our Abhorrence

. . . Virtue, Morality, And Religion. This Is The Armor, My Friend, And This Alone That Renders Us Invincible. These Are The Tactics We Should Study. If We Lose These, We Are Conquered, Fallen Indeed . . . So Long As Our Manners And Principles Remain Sound, There Is No Danger.

The American Revolution Was The Grand Operation, Which Seemed To Be Assigned By The Deity To The Men Of This Age In Our Country, Over And Above The Common Duties Of Life

I Look On That Paper (the Constitution) As The Most Fatal Plan That Could Possibly Be Conceived To Enslave A Free People.

Show Me That Age And Country Where The Rights And Liberties Of The People Were Placed On The Sole Chance Of Their Rulers Being Good Men, Without A Consequent Loss Of Liberty?

Were My Soul Trembling On The Wing Of Eternity, Were This Hand Freezing To Death, Were My Voice Choking With The Last Struggle, I Would Still, With The Last Gasp Of That Voice, Implore You To Remember The Truth: God Has Given America To Be Free.