Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety and the love of God, that represent him as so merciless and tyrannical a despot, that, if they were considered otherwise than through the medium…

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To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends...

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends...

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the...

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the...

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which...

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which...

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit...

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit...

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper...

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper...

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

They held it their duty to live but for their country.

They held it their duty to live but for their country.

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from...

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from...

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows...

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows...

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of...

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of...