Resisting tyranny is obeying God

Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life ... But the old-fellows say we must read to gain knowledge; and gain knowledge to make us happy and be admired. Mere jargon! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world? No.

War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.

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

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.

If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check.

the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind