Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.
Theodore ParkerThat which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.
Theodore ParkerDemocracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people.
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