I console myself with the reflection that those who will come after us will be as wise as we are, & as able to take care of themselves as we have been.

The interruption of our commerce with England, produced by our embargo & non-intercourse law, & the general indignation excited by her bare-faced attempts to make us accessories & tributories to her usurpations on the high seas, have generated in this country an universal spirit of...

justice is the fundamental law of society.

it...

enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body & mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.