It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most of the men only partially civilized. Some of its laws are good - some infinitely barbarous. None of the miracles related were performed. . . . Take out the absurdities, the miracles, all that pertains to the supernatural - all the cruel and barbaric laws - and to the remainder I have no objection. Neither would I have for it any great admiration.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong.

Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul.