Inconveniences

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than to those attending too small a degree of it."

~Thomas Jefferson

The Way to Enslave

"[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William Keith], who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia."

~George Mason, debate in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 14, 1788

Original First Amendment Draft

"The Civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, be infringed."

~James Madison; First Draft of the First Amendment

Vices

"If Heaven punishes Communities for their Vices, how sore must be the Punishment of that Community who think the Rights of human Nature not worth struggling for and patiently submit to Tyranny."

~John Adams

By the Hand of Divinity

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."

~ Alexander Hamilton

Foundations

"The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, They may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies."

~John Adams

Our Guide

"The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon."

~George Washington

Where We Stand

"Always stand on Principle, even if you stand alone."

~John Quincy Adams