Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny.

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.

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

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

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.