A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more: they are the best basis of public liberty, and the strongest bulwark of public safety. It follows, that the greater the proportion of this class to the whole society, the more free, the more independent, and the more happy must be the society itself.

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