To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected

Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention, that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion.

What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.