The battle is not to the strong alone. It is to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. A small, disciplined militia can not only hold out against a larger force, but drive it back, because what they're fighting for rightfully belongs to them.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

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

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

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.

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.