I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great charter of our national rights; and of course the friend of the indissoluble union and Constitution of the states. I am the enemy of all foreign influence, for all foreign influence is the influence of tyranny. This is the only chosen spot of liberty-this is the only republic on earth. " "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.
Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.