Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

...It is impossible, I say, for the human mind not to believe that there is in all this design, cause, and effect up to an Ultimate Cause-a Fabricator of all things, from matter and motion-their Preserver and Regulator while permitted to exist in their present forms-and their Regenerator into new and other forms.

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.