Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them.

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.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

A road to a friend's house is never long.

It sure has been a pleasure for us to broadcast for the sailors and soldiers; besides, its part of the National Defence Program to prepare our boys for anything.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

The real freedom comes to us when we can learn to go inside and connect with that voice. Then, we're not relying on outsiders.

The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.

We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.

We never knew an ignorant person yet but was prejudiced.

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.