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Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?
There is a visceral dislike of George Bush, and it's going to bring these guys together.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.
This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.
I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
I could never drive in a great big car; people like me because I'm a man of the people, a hustler.
I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.
People can make any political calculation they want. I make decisions what I think is in the best interest.
I'm a gun owner; I'm a hunter, but you know what? I went through background checks myself in order to get it.
Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!
I’ve always been an entrepreneur, but it’s never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.
I've always been an entrepreneur, but it's never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.
There are too many guns in the hands of people that shouldn't have guns. There is too much gun violence in America.
The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?
I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.
Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.
Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
As the father of five children, with three daughters, I'm pretty fired up to have the first woman president of the United States.
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.
What the voters want to know is who is going to get out there, fight for them, and deal with the income gap that exists in the nation today.
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts.
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery
Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.
Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to raise money for a governor. They have all kinds of business to hand out, road contracts, construction jobs, you name it.
Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
I think sometimes Richmond, especially the House of Delegates, thinks too small... Richmond is not doing what needs to be done, forward thinking, big bold ideas.
The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.
Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.
I'm focused on this election, I am going full time for Senator Obama. But I never rule anything out. Everyday is a new opportunity. I would like to be Pope if I could.
Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself and encourage it in others.
The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life