I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States.Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction even although We should rue it which I trust in God We shall not.
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants And to serve them ones self?
Let all your views in life be directed to a solid however moderate independence; without it no man can be happy nor even honest.
I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States.Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction even although We should rue it which I trust in God We shall not.
The country shall be independent and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
The only point in making money is so you can tell some big shot where to go.
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
Its easy to be independent when youve got money. But to be independent when you havent got a thing thats the Lords test.