[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.

He that hath a blind conscience which sees nothing, a dead conscience which feels nothing, and a dumb conscience which says nothing, is in as miserable a condition as a man can be on this side of hell.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

The great object is that every man be armed.

The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.

If you have given up your militia, and Congress shall refuse to arm them, you have lost every thing. Your existence will be precarious, because you depend on others, whose interests are not affected by your infelicity.