Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.
A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.
The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.
I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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