“Philosophy is common sense with big words.”

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

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.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

It’s a challenge for all quarterbacks, though: You want to make the big play; you want to throw a touchdown every single play. But at the same time, you have to know that it’s a process.

I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.

On some days, getting up to face the day itself is a big win for your heart.

I pray you to find a heart that would be way too big to love in any shallow way.

Be around people that make your problems seem smaller and the possibility of life much bigger.

Don’t force yourself into crevices that are much too small For your big, wild heart.

You talked a big game for someone who never actually played.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.