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

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.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

I am an unpredictable journey.

As you know now, Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, but they'll probably go with a different body.

Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth...

Prodigy only feeds on prodigy, fantasy on fantasy.

There is nothing like the first hot days of spring when the gardener stops wondering if it's too soon to plant the dahlias and starts wondering if it's too late.

Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may fairly be said to exist in transmission, in communication.

In the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery.

Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another.

I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best.