What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

Prayer has become as essential to me as the heaving of my lungs, and the beating of my pulse.

It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.