He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression;for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. |
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death |
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death |
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death |
Human nature is not of itself vicious. |
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 do not believe in the creed professed by any church that I know of. Each of these churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my part, I disbelieve them all. |
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. |
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it. |
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection |
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 conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. |
If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a man his death could be no more than the death of any other person |
If there is a country in the world where concord, according to common calculation, would be least expected, it is America |
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace |