Bad men cannot make good citizens.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of the conscience; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.

Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.

I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.