I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

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.

The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart-the best brain.

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.

In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the world. I would say that much on the subject with my last breath.