The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home.

Man must go back to nature for information.

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins ... Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.