An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

I believe in the word of God.

Because our power is motivating, and gives momentum and ownership of changes to those who dream of failure.

The lack of unconditional self-love usually breeds the hunger for attention.

I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.

The cardinal sin is not being badly dressed, but wearing the right thing in the wrong place.

There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out.

I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas.

Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.