The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it. — Samuel Adams. Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803) America
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
The Constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.