William Hooper

“Our late unconstitutional restraints of trade have injured us very much, but our own internal police is still a greater grievance.”

“It is a trust which I shall endeavor to discharge with fidelity; my own ease and comfort I shall cheerfully sacrifice to the public good.”

“Whilst I am a freeman, I will not be a slave. The story of our wrongs is not of a day.”

“My cause is that of my country, and my life is at her service.”

“For my own part, I am for independence, entire and absolute, and I will be ever ready to join in the most vigorous measures to obtain it.”