Swords Were Given To Men, That None

Fruits Are Always Of The Same Nature With The Seeds And Roots From Which They Come, And Trees Are Known By The Fruits They Bear: As A Man Begets A Man, And A Beast A Beast, That Society Of Men Which Constitutes A Government Upon The Foundation Of Justice, Virtue, And The Common Good, Will Always Have Men To Promote Those Ends; And That Which Intends The Advancement Of One Man's Desire And Vanity, Will Abound In Those That Will Foment Them.

Tis Hard To Comprehend How One Man Can Come To Be Master Of Many, Equal To Himself In Right, Unless It Be By Consent Or By Force.

Laws And Constitutions Ought To Be Weighed... To Constitute That Which Is Most Conducing To The Establishment Of Justice And Liberty.

There May Be A Hundred Thousand Men In An Army, Who Are All Equally Free; But They Only Are Naturally Most Fit To Be Commanders Or Leaders, Who Most Excel In The Virtues Required For The Right Performance Of Those Offices.

If His Majesty Is Resolved To Have My Head, He May Make A Whistle Of My Arse If He Pleases.