In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.

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Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...