To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE CREATION WE BEHOLD.
It is not because the right principles have been violated, that they are to be abandoned.
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
When we hear news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
“Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.”
“He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.”
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Men are equal it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players.