Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let h...
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and...
All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Equal rights for all special privileges for none.
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
I succeed him no one could replace him.
Advertisements contain the only truth to be relied on in a newspaper.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.
The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitudefrom achieving his goal.Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.