• "All the money you save, or acquire by their labour is stolen from them; and however plausible the excuse may be, that you form to reconcile it to your consciences, yet be assured, that your crime stands registered in the court of Heaven as a breach of the eighth commandment" (p. 45). 

I chose this quote from Benjamin Rush because it stood out to me the most. What Benjamin Rush is saying is, slave owners are reaping the rewards through their slaves hard physical labor. Slave owners try to rationale and easy their minds and conscience finding excuses on how and why slavery is good to the advantage of them and not the slaves. And the ultimate consequence of this crime of slavery will be noticed at the gates of Heaven because it goes against the eighth commandment; Christianity. He saying this because he is against slavery and emphasizing the point that those who claim the Christian religion, that slave ownership is the very subject against Christian value.

• That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness (p. 59).

People have the right to abolish the very government that is not their natural rights. People basically have the right to "rebel" if the government starts to act tyrannical like it was in Europe. It is the right if the people to make a new government that would protect their rights and safety and would make them happy. The founders made sure this was put in the D.o.I. because they want the people's rights to be protected; wanted a government that the people are just as much apart of. They didn't want to be apart of the same type of government like they were apart of before. They are basing this off the learned experience they had.