 My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. |
| It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. |
| 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. |
| The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. |
| These are the times that try men's souls. |
| There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord. |
| The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. |
| 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. |
| It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. |
| The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. |
| 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. |
| The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. |
| Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. |
| When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. |
| 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. |
| We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. |
