The Great Object Is That Every Man

Implements Of War And Subjugation Are The Last Arguments To Which Kings Resort.

Are We At Last Brought To Such Humiliating And Debasing Degradation That We Cannot Be Trusted With Arms For Our Defense? Where Is The Difference Between Having Our Arms In Possession And Under Our Direction, And Having Them Under The Management Of Congress? If Our Defense Be The Real Object Of Having Those Arms, In Whose Hands Can They Be Trusted With More Propriety, Or Equal Safety To Us, As In Our Own Hands?

Gentlemen May Cry, Peace, Peace! – But There Is No Peace.

United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Let Us Not Split Into Factions Which Must Destroy That Union Upon Which Our Existence Hangs.

Hospitality Invites To Prayer Before It Checks Credentials, Welcomes To The Table Before Administering The Entrance Exam.