Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
Time makes more converts than reason.
My own mind is my own church.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
These are the times that try men's souls.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
These are the times that try men's souls.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.
Put us, say some, on the footing we were on in sixty-three: To which I answer, the.
That a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.
Monarchy in every instance is the Popery of government.