Benjamin Franklin: “All we want is order, discipline, and a few cannon.”

But let us take a cool view of the general state of our affairs, and perhaps the prospect will appear less gloomy than has been imagined.

An ancient sage valued himself upon this, that though he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great city of a little one.

But it seems not of so much importance, whether the fighting be done by John or Thomas, or the tax paid by William or Charles.

We are restrained in our trade with foreign nations; and where we could be supplied with any manufacture cheaper from them, but must buy the same dearer from Britain, the difference of price is a clear tax to Britain.