The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings -- give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! ... Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be happy, but without Him and with all else you'll never be happy.

Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

The great pillars of all government and of social life are virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny.