It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.