Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government ….

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

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 nois….

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

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

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

That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, fr….

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth..

The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God, Whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. A legislature must not obstruct our obedience to Him ….

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

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

Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue..

That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to ….

Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few pub….

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this….

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..

We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or ….

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

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

All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their pos….

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..