A hereditary monarch is as absurd a position as a hereditary doctor or mathematician.
One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for...
Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks t...
Time makes more converts than reason.
Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
My own mind is my own church.
When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.
I choose my life to this free. I choose my life to be this way
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries...
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose consc...
Character is much easier kept than recovered.