Good music is very close to primitive language.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something.

Man and wife make one fool.

I’m living now in my reward.

A people that is able to say everything, becomes able to do everything. The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.

Woe to the man who tries to remain objective and to maintain a wide perspective: every one will label him as an enemy.

This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress.

Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later.

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

Ever helped a Magician before? No? Well, you're not helping one now, either!

As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one true God out entirely.