No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...