In all countries, and in all ages, from the Druids down to brother Beecher, priests have aimed at universal power.

- Anne Royall

May the arm of the first member of Congress, who proposes a national religion, drop powerless from his shoulder; his tongue cleave to the roof of his…

- Anne Royall

These bible people remind me of another calamity similar to this missionary scheme, when our people, or any christian power would go to Africa for th…

- Anne Royall

[G]et two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their throats ready.

- Anne Royall

Free thought, free speech and a free press.

- Anne Royall

I find that the whole weight of relieving human misery and distress falls on the shoulders of those Heretics and Infidels; and though great part of t…

- Anne Royall

Figures cannot calculate the amount collected by those public and private robbers: it is more than would liberate every slave in the United States; i…

- Anne Royall

Fanaticism and bigotry require any food but common sense and reason, which would break the charm of those spellbound fanatics.

- Anne Royall

If those millions squandered on designing missionaries had been deposited in funds for the support of yourselves, when old age, misfortune, or sickne…

- Anne Royall