America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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 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.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
