That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.

Ideology is the science of idiots.

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.

I shall have the liberty to think for myself.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of youth should be accommodated to that form of government under which they live; forasmuch as it makes exceedingly for the preservation of the present government, whatsoever it be.

As unbalanced parties of every description can never tolerate a free inquiry of any kind, when employed against themselves, the license, and even the most temperate freedom of the press, soon excite resentment and revenge.

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'