Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.

And Dilmore seems to be ignoring us again.” Tria says

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy ... is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Do not pick up the pen unless you understand how heavy it is, and how long you may carry it for.

What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they are... when goodness prevails... blah blah blah. I'm a cheese ball.

Do for yourself, for no one else will.

And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, / Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure / Didst tread on earth unguessed at. Better so!.

Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.