"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government..."
"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."
"A little rebellion now and then...is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."
"My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair."
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."
"The Price Of Freedom Is Eternal Vigilance."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. "
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"There is nothing more unequal, than the equal treatment of unequal people. "
"Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%. "
"Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society."
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law."
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
"Never spend your money before you have it."
"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
