I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.

The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God, Whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. A legislature must not obstruct our obedience to Him from whose punishment they cannot protect us. All human constitutions which contradict His laws, we are in conscience bound to disobey.

Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.