Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace.

A truth now and then projecting into the ocean of newspaper lies serves like headlands to correct our course. Indeed, my scepticism as to everything I see in a newspaper makes me indifferent whether I ever see one.

The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it.