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

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.

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 believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.

I am not a Virginian, I am an American.

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

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