Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power could make? For the Bible says one thing; and the creation says the contrary. The Bible represents God with all the passions of a mortal, and the creation proclaims him with all the attributes of a God.

The Almighty implanted in us these inextinguishable feelings for good and wise purposes. They are the guardians of His image in our heart. They distinguish us from the herd of common animals.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason.

The people of America are a people of property; almost every man is a freeholder.

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches.