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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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...

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...

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...

The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence...

The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and...

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

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

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

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

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...

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 universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man...

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man...

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...

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...