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- Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or…
- It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may,…
- Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption…
- An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations…
- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every…
- Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man…
- The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.
- I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or…
- never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased
- We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore…
- The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care…
- I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of…
- An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
- Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
- Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety…
- When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to…
- Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . .…
- Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.
- Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.
- No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case…
- I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man...
- In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and the imperfection of…
- Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he…
- All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every…
- The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger…
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