Religion is a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved. I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle.

Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.

If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts.

Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people.