"The variety of opinions and controversies in religion cannot be removed by the sword."

"The right of judging, that is, of determining all matters of controversy between subjects, whether they concern the interpretation of laws, or the examination of facts, belongs to the magistrate."

"That which is good, we call good; and that which is evil, we call evil."

"The mind, by being open to conviction, and ready to embrace truth for its own sake, has a free use of its faculties, and a fair opportunity of attaining to a great perfection."

"The only way whereby any one divests himself of his natural liberty, and puts on the bonds of civil society, is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community."