Gouverneur Morris

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.