The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.