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" The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. "

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

" I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. "

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

" To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. "

" Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. "

" 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. "

" Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. "

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" Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. "

" It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. "

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

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" Time makes more converts than reason. "

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

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" Human nature is not of itself vicious. "

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

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" 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. "

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