Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted, or denied.

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion.

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind.