It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets