The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.

No man is prejudiced in favor of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its being right; and when he sees it is not so, the prejudice will be gone.

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.