“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
Best“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
Good“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
Best“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
Good“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
Good“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.”
Faith“Time makes more converts than reason.”
Time“The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”
Fear“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice.”
Good“Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.”
Religion“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.”
God“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Motivational“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
Truth“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
Business“I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.”
Peace“Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.”
Good“These are the times that try men's souls.”
Men“War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.”
War“The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.”
Government“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”
Power“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.”
Men“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
Freedom