I Steer My Bark With

Our Rulers Can Have Authority Over Such Natural Rights Only As We Have Submitted To Them.

Question With Boldness Even The Existence Of A God; Because, If There Be One, He Must More Approve Of The Homage Of Reason, Than That Of Blind-folded Fear.

Convinced That The People Are The Only Safe Depositories Of Their Own Liberty, And That They Are Not Safe Unless Enlightened To A Certain Degree, I Have Looked On Our Present State Of Liberty As A Short-lived Possession Unless The Mass Of The People Could Be Informed To A Certain Degree.

Too Old To Plant Trees For My Own Gratification, I Shall Do It For My Posterity.

The Appointment Of A Woman To Office Is An Innovation For Which The Public Is Not Prepared, Nor I.