A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
The only security of all is in a free press.
If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.
What i value more than all things, good humor.
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should we have been now? Hanging on a gallows as high as Haman's.