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" That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. "

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

" Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We have it in our power to begin the world over again. "

" Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. "

" If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. "

" But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. "

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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. "

" The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. "

" It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. "

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

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" My mind is my own church. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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