No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.

Printers shall be liable to legal prosecution for printing and publishing false facts injurious to the party prosecuting: but they shall be under no other restraint.

...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless.

Question with boldness even the existence of a god.

The soil is the gift of God to the living.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.