God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.