We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

I was taught very early on that the state can be, and is, a liar and a murderer.

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided Republic purged of racism and slavery, to our descendants. The popgun discharges of a few pathetic sectarians and crackpot revisionists are negligible, and will be drowned by the mounting chorus that demands: 'Mr Jefferson! BUILD UP THAT WALL'.

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, and I claim that right.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.