Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
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Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
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It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.