In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value in his religious opinions, and in the profession and practice dictated by them. He has an equal property in the free use of his faculties and free choice of the objects on which to employ them. In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself.

The rights of man as the foundation of just Government had been long understood but the superstructures projected had been sadly defective

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

We've staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all our heart.