QUOTES
The
World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
We
have it in our power to begin the world over again.
Moderation
in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
He
that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;
for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
I
believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in
doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
These
are the times that try men's souls
Lead,
follow, or get out of the way.
Belief
in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Practical
religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring
to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is
nonsense and hypocrisy.
Character
is much easier kept than recovered.
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.
The
greatest remedy for anger is delay.
The
real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by
reflection.
When
shall it be said in any country of the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance
or distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets
of beggers; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational
world is my friend, becausei am friend of its happiness; when these things can
be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and government.
When
men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
