Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.

Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.