A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.
I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.
It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order.