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 right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to decide, the living, or the dead?

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.

Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter.