These are the times that try men's souls.

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

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty.

I would give worlds, if I had them, if The Age of Reason had never been published. O Lord, help! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone.

The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures.