Robert Treat Paine

“I am constrained to express my veneration for the sacred Scriptures... the foundation of all knowledge.”

“Can we subsist, sir, if we are not free?”

“While we are fighting for liberty, we are in the greatest danger of losing it.”

“What is a man's first business? The answer is, to be happy.”

“I desire to bless God, that he has given me resolution to give my vote, this day, for a declaration of independence.”