Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

An injustice to one is a threat made to all

I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.

When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.