"Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul."

"It is not the country that makes the man, but the man that makes the country."

"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."

"The present state of things is the effect of a long series of revolutions in the mind, rather than a sudden change in the affairs of the world."

"The only religion that can stand the test of time is that which is founded on the immutable principles of good and evil."