The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy].

The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens.

It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are one, and one is three; and yet that the one is not three, and the three are not one.

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.