The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.

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.

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.

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.

All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.

It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness.

My country is wherever liberty lives.