Resisting tyranny is obeying God

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should not intermeddle with the particular dogmas in which all religions differ, and which are totally unconnected with morality.

The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

While learning the language in France a young man's morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement