Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.

The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.

I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures?

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.

In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow citizens. My great pain is, lest my poor endeavours should fall short of the kind expectations of my country.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.