A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Votes: 22
It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. Votes: 8
My mind is my own church. Votes: 4
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Votes: 0
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. Votes: 0
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... Votes: 0
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Votes: 0
If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged. Votes: 0
Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America. Votes: 0
The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency. Votes: 0
Kill the king but spare the man. Votes: 0
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. Votes: 0
Titles do not count with posterity. Votes: 0
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. Votes: 0
...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. Votes: 0
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. Votes: 0
Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach. Votes: 0
Government is a necessary evil Votes: 0
I know not whether taxes are raised to fight wars, or wars are fought in order to raise taxes. Votes: 0
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised. Votes: 0
Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Votes: 0
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error. Votes: 0
It is with a pious fraud as with a bad action; it begets a calamitous necessity of going on. Votes: 0
Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying Votes: 0
Prophesying is lying professionally. Votes: 0
Public credit is suspicion asleep. Votes: 0
Science is the true theology. Votes: 0
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed. Votes: 0
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. Votes: 0
The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason. Votes: 0
The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home. Votes: 0
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected. Votes: 0
The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. Votes: 0
There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. Votes: 0
Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers of the books of the Bible. Votes: 0
Virtue is not hereditary. Votes: 0
War ought to be no man's wish. Votes: 0
When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous. Votes: 0
Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation. Votes: 0
Wisdom is not the purchase of a day Votes: 0