Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.