A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standin….

Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next….

Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from wh….

When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William Keith], who wa….

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….

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

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..

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

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 ….

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

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….

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 ….

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..

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….

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….