There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.

The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.

So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov't.

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows himself to be fallible, few think it necessary to take any precautions against their own fallibility.

A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.