The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster cruel vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging three headed beast like god one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes fools and hypocrites.

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day, may be taught in it's highest degrees.

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.