| Quotes |
Topic |
| Cause | It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same. |
| Cause | A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men. |
| Country | The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. |
| Crisis | These are the times that try men's souls. |
| Freedom | Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. |
| Freedom | We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. |
| Government | Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. |
| Guilt | Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch. |
| Heart Quotes | 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. |
| Liberty | Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. |
| Moderation | Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. |
| Nature | Man must go back to nature for information. |
| Obstacles | The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value. |
| Oppression | He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. |
| Patriotism | My country is the world, and my religion to do good. |
| Patriotism | I die content, I die for the liberty of my country. |
| Government | 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. |
| Questions | It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. |
| Reason | Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. |
| Religion | The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. |
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