"Conscience is the most sacred of all property."
— Essay on Property, March 29, 1792

"Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."
— Rules of Behavior

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
— Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

"The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."

"Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety seems to be the first."

"... If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom,
go 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 ye were our countrymen!"