I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State.

When the heart is right, the feet are swift.

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.

I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing; as a wise Creator must have seen to be necessary in an animal destined to live in society.

When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.