It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family.