There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.

For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.

The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

Blasphemy is what an old dogma screams at a new truth.