The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of the seas than in Great Britain's fighting for the liberties of mankind. The object is the same, to draw to themselves the power, the wealth and the resources of other nations.

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature.

It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.

The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.