"The only security a free people can have for the faithful observance of their constitution and laws, is to be found in a right of taxation."

"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them."