When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body

Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.