"I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves."

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself."

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

"To preserve the freedom of the human mind then, and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the…"

"The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny, are to diffuse it generally among the people, and to give to all, in proportion to their interest in it, a proportionate sh…"