That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.

The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.