"Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure."
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so."
- Ronald Reagan
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
- James Madison
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
- George Washington
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
- Ronald Reagan
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson
"A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate."
- Thomas Jefferson, Rights of British America, 1774
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
"When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
 - Benjamin Franklin
“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants”
- William Penn
"Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace."
- James Madison

2^nd amendment

"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own homestead, his possessions are undisturbed."
- Luke 11:21
"And He said to them, 'But now, let him who has a purse take it along, likewise also a bag, and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one.'"
- Luke 22:36

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."
- George Washington
"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense."
- John Adams
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
- James Madison
"The great object is that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry
"The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams

Government

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
- James Madison
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
- Ronald Reagan
"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
- Ronald Reagan
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
- Thomas Jefferson
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government."
Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem."
- Ronald Reagan
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
- George Washington
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan
"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
- George Washington
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretence of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
"“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
- Patrick Henry
‎"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense"
- Alexander Hamilton

Constitution

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."
- James Madison
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
- Benjamin Franklin
"On every question of construction [of the Constitution], let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
- Thomas Jefferson, June 12, 1823
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
- John Adams
"No legislative act contrary to the Constitution can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy (agent) is greater than his principal; that the servant is above the master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people; that men, acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. It is not to be supposed that the Constitution could intend to enable the representatives of the people to substitute their will to that of their constituents. A Constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges as fundamental law. If there should happen to be a irreconcilable variance between the two, the Constitution is to be preferred to the statute."
- Alexander Hamilton