"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected."

"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to conv…"

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. I believe in one God, and no more."

"These are the times that try men's souls."