I am not afraid of the priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

Neither believe nor reject any thing because any other person, or description of persons have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven.

In reviewing the history of the times through which we have passed, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction or reflection, than that which represents the efforts of the friends of religious freedom and the success with which they are crowned.