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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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

Time makes more converts than reason.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

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

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

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

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.