QUOTES
Every
society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought
to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
A
few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they
happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.
All
men are by nature born equally free and independent.
We
came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.
Happiness
and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must
depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue.
In
all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental
maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from,
the people.
The
augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself,
and disgraceful to mankind.
