"For I confess myself to have been guilty of the same error, of not having looked far enough into the nature of the thing."

"I have always found that the best way to learn anything is to teach it to others."

"Reason, which is the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind."

"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one…"

"Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that 'tis hardly to be conceived that an Englishman, much less a gentleman…"