[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of them was secure and protected by law . . . implies liberty; because property cannot be secured unless the man be at liberty to acquire, use or part with it, at his discretion, and unless he have his personal liberty of life and limb, motion and rest, for that purpose.

Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

Riches attract attention, consideration, and congratulations of mankind.

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. But killing one tyrant only makes way for worse, unless the people have sense, spirit and honesty enough to establish and support a constitution guarded at all points against the tyranny of the one, the few, and the many.

God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world.