If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy. It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness. We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it. No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. 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.
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately. Bonaparte was a lion in the field only. Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. That government is best which governs least.