I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.

They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves.

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?

The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to prevent their growth in our own.

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.