That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.

Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be ... that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power.

I am sorry they began their deliberations by so abominable a precedent as that of tying up the tongues of their members. Nothing can justify this example but the innocence of their intentions and ignorance of the value of public discussions. I have no doubt that all their other measures will be good and wise. It is really an assembly of demigods.

Every man has a commission to admonish, exhort, convince another of error.

In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If you have to eat crow, eat it while it's young and tender.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.