To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.

The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.

It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.

If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen?

A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.

I do believe in loving my own self. It makes me feel good. It helps me in loving others too.

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV.

Every problem is a new puzzle to solve

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

To think is an act. To feel is a fact.

It’s not a lie. It’s a gift for fiction.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

If I look over my life, every single step of maturing for me, every single one, has had the exact same common denominator: accepting what was true over what I wished were true.

With the half of a broken hope for a pillow at night That somehow the right is the right And the smooth shall bloom from the rough: Lord, if that were enough?