The motive of fear is the be-all and end-all of religion.
The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.
We must be prepared to pay a price for freedom, for no price that is ever asked for it is half the cost of doing without it.
Never underestimate the bad taste of the American public
Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven.
In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.