Lead, follow, or get out of the way. |
Let them call me rebel, and welcome; I feel no concern from it. For I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul. |
Man must go back to nature for information. |
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice |
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice |
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. |
My mind is my own church. |
Now, Sir, it is impossible for serious men, to whom God has given the divine gift of reason, and who employs that reason to reverence and adore the God that gave it, it is I say, impossible for such a man to put confidence in a book that abounds with |
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity |
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst |
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests |
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 in place of a lion |
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have seen what priestcraft and fanaticism can do, and credulity believe |
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS -- our inferior one varies with the place. |
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law |