The aristocracy are not the farmers who work the land, and raise the produce, but are the mere consumers of the rent; and when compared with the active world, are the drones, a seraglio of males, who neither collect the honey nor form the hive, but exist only for lazy enjoyment.

Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence.

Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured

The graceful pride of truth knows no extremes, and preserves, in every latitude of life, the right-angled character of man.

Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.

I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book.

The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.