The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

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.

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

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life

Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

Oh, how wretched should I be at this moment, if I had not made my peace with God.