“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”

“A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.”

“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

“No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.”

“Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.”