Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

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.

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.

Life's too short to live someone else's

Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.

America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others.

We are responsible for protecting Tessa!

Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job.

Join me? Patting the spot beside him, he inclined his head. “Pretty please? I’m lonely all by myself over here.

To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.

In brief, I spend half my time trying to learn the secrets of other writers - to apply them to the expression of my own thoughts.