The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.
Theodore ParkerIt takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.
Theodore ParkerThe coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date.
Theodore ParkerThe miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin had no religion at all; and it would be an insult to say that he believed in the popular theology of his time, or of ours, for I find not a line from his pen indicating any such belief.
Theodore Parker