Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course; but we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time.

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in abundance.

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day

Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world than the vassal court of Britain.

I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God.