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

And yet this same Deity says to me, resist not evil; pray for those that despitefully use you; love your enemies, but I will eternally damn mine. It seems to me that even gods should practice what they preach.

Intelligence is the only moral guide.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.

If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.

Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.

The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.