Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration.

That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by an…

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

All men are by nature born equally free and independent.