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

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.

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.

Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

well I believe in commitment it's just I, you know, I don't stick to it.

I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

Men of God are not just born, they are formed

Time and tide and the ravages of sin take their toll on the most noble achievements of man.

Let me revel in this one thought: before God made the heavens and the earth, He set His love upon me.

I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss.

Society develops a type of self-censorship, with the knowledge that surveillance exists - a self-censorship that is even expressed when people communicate with each other privately.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

I feel as though that was someone else playing. I was possessed!