When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.

There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

The intellectual part of religion is a private affair between every man and his Maker, and in which no third party has any right to interfere. The practical part consists in our doing good to each other. But since religion has been made into a trade, the practical part has been made to consist of ceremonies performed by men called priests ... By devices of this kind true religion has been banished, and such means have been found out to extract money, even from the pockets of the poor, instead of contributing to their relief.