I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

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In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.