Government is best which governs least

There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.

To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.