[n]o Religious Test Shall Ever Be Required

Whatever May Be The Judgement Pronounced On The Competency Of The Architects Of The Constitution, Or Whatever May Be The Destiny Of The Edifice Prepared By Them, I Feel It A Duty To Express My Profound And Solemn Conviction . . . That There Never Was An Assembly Of Men, Charged With A Great And Arduous Trust, Who Were More Pure In Their Motives, Or More Exclusively Or Anxiously Devoted To The Object Committed To Them.

Our Country, If It Does Justice To Itself, Will Be The Workshop Of Liberty To The Civilized World.

Religion Flourishes In Greater Purity, Without Than With The Aid Of Government.

Resistance To Tyranny Is Service To God.

Americans Need Not Fear The Federal Government Because They Enjoy The Advantage Of Being Armed, Which You Possess Over The People Of Almost Every Other Nation.