"From infancy I was taught to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed by reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excellence. Benevolence towards mankind excites wishes for their welfare, and such wished endear the means of fulfilling them. Those can be found in liberty alone, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man, on every occasion, to the utmost of his power."
-John Dickinson, from Letters from a Farmer, Letter 1. Circa 1767
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