Famous quotes containing the words bill, watts and/or bought:
“Is a Bill of Rights a security for [religious liberty]? If there were but one sect in America, a Bill of Rights would be a small protection for liberty.... Freedom derives from a multiplicity of sects, which pervade America, and which is the best and only security for religious liberty in any society. For where there is such a variety of sects, there cannot be a majority of any one sect to oppress and persecute the rest.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
“The pound of flesh which I demand of him
Is dearly bought as mine, and I will have it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)