The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned.

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.

The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it.

For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.