The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

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

It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.

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 people have a right to keep and bear arms.

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.