A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.

One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

For as soon as something becomes impossible it slipslides out of belief entirely, whether it’s true or not.

We all have a different sightl and lifestyle, but we end up all the same in peace.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

I weirdly do consider myself an optimist about love.

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days.

One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.

We need not seek a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and free.

It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths “peace".