Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death...
Judged by the law of England I know this crime entails upon me the penalty...
A good government may indeed redress the grievances of an injured people...
