Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

It may perhaps be said that it signifies nothing to a man what is done to him after he is dead; but it signifies much to the living; it either tortures their feelings or hardens their hearts.

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess.

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax

Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity. Too absurd for belief, too impossible to convince, and too inconsistent for practice, it renders the heart torpid or produces only atheists or fanatics. As an engine of power, it serves the purpose of despotism, and as a means of wealth, the avarice of priests, but so far as respects the good of man in general it leads to nothing here or hereafter.