"It seems to me, upon the whole matter, that to save or redeem a nation under such circumstances from perdition, nothi…"

"It follows, therefore, that he who breaks the laws of his country resists the ordinance of God, that is, the law of h…"

"[N]o human institution can arrive at perfection, and the most that human wisdom can do, is to procure the same or gre…"

"The minister [Robert Walpole] preaches corruption aloud and constantly, like an impudent missionary of vice."

"I esteem monarchy above any other form of government, and hereditary monarchy above elective. I reverence kings, thei…"

"The obligation of submission to both, is discoverable by so clear and so simple an use of our intellectual faculties,…"

"[T]he accomplishments of his mind, which was adorned with the choicest gifts that God has yet thought fit to bestow u…"

"My Lord, I have insisted the more on this duty which men owe to their country, because I came out of England, and con…"

"There have been periods when our government continued free, with strong appearances of becoming absolute. Let it be y…"

"Nothing can be more absurd, in pure speculation, than an hereditary right in any mortal to govern other men: and yet,…"