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That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

My mind is my own church.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.