Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?

This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.

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

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.