Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he) would have gone to war with.

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 justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.

I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.

Courage only counts when you can count.

I would consider him definitely one of my very best friends and I know he feels the same about me. We have a lot of love and respect.

Your face looks like a sack of purple potatoes

I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.

The PP has spent 3 years thinking about the election (in 2008), but I think that one has to give them some advice: to prepare themselves to carry on thinking, but about the election in 2012.

Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else’s house.