I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

All power is lodged in, and consequently derived from, the people. We should wear it as a breastplate, and buckle it on as our armour.

The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people.

Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.

No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice?

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise.

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.