The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony.
Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.
I decline all noisy, wordy, confused, and personal controversies.
It is dangerous to understand new things too quickly.
The circulating medium being issued only by those who labor, they would suddenly become invested with all the wealth and all the power; and those who did not labor, be they ever so rich now, would as suddenly become poor and powerless.