That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and consequently have one common right. No reason can be assigned why one man should exercise any power or preeminence over his fellow-creatures more than another; unless they have voluntarily vested him with it.


Works (ed. 1903)


That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common ...

That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common ...

That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common ...

That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common ...