I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike who think at all. It is only those who have not thought that appear to agree.

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.

They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep Him.

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.

A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.

To be human, is to be able to love the unlovable, and hope when things appear hopeless

Don’t expect miracles why you have not done anything.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in.

I don't think it's good for America to have a former president undermine a current president.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.