"It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lessened the toil of any human being."

"The ultimate end, with reference to and for the sake of which all other things are desirable (whether we are considering our own good or that of other people), is an existence exempt as far as possibl…"

"The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out."

"Men are not more zealous for truth than they often are for error, and a sufficiently frequent repetition of error, if not contradicted, passes for truth."

"The government of a people by itself has a meaning and a reality, but only when the 'itself' is composed of all the people, and the 'government' is the government of all by all."