Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!
When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.
The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late.
The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights.
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Never use two words when one will do.
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.
Without virtue, happiness cannot be.
A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
A little rebellion is a good thing.
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
Coffee – the favorite drink of the civilized world.
I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.