Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity…It is a part of nature.

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible.

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.