The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.