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" All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. "
Profit
Human
Christian
" A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. "
Habit
Long
Thinking
" An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. "
Where
Soldiers
Principles
" Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. "
True
Be True
Child
" Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. "
Keep
Property
Order
" A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "
Temper
Moderation
Good
" Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. "
Man
Faith
God
" But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. "
Appearing
Liberty
Nature
" Character is much easier kept than recovered. "
Easier
Character
Much
" Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. "
Bad
Religion
Good
" Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. "
Only
Man
Principles
" Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. "
Evil
Worst
Even
" He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. "
Tyranny
Rebel
Reason
" He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. "
Liberty
Reach
Oppression
" 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. "
Who
Nation
He
" Human nature is not of itself vicious. "
Human
Vicious
Nature
" I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. "
Happy
Justice
Man
" If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. "
May
Trouble
Peace
" I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
Business
Strength
Smile
" I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. "
Peace
Trouble
Time
" Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. "
See
Call
Contradictions
" It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. "
Treat
Falsehood
Affront
" It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. "
Inquiry
Only
Truth
" 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. "
Believe
Man
He
" It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. "
Enemy
Battle
Consequences
" It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. "
Just
Name
Bible
" It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. "
Which
Direction
Consideration
" Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "
Virtue
Moderation
Vice
" My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. "
Good
World
Religion
" My mind is my own church. "
My Own
Own
Church
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