If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should be overthrown with it, what advantages will be gained? The doctrine of human equality is…

Quote by John Adams

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The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of...

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything...

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and...

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and...

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction,...

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction,...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.