Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!

Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

What has poster'ty done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.