Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.

Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.