The feeling of a direct responsibility of the individual to God is almost wholly a creation of Protestantism.

There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.

God is a word to express, not our ideas, but the want of them.

Induction is a process of inference; it proceeds from the known to the unknown.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their own free choice - is often the means of their regeneration.

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.

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.