"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. I believe in one God, and no more."

"One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for…"

"The greatest part of the world are born to poverty and wretchedness, not for want of abilities in themselves, but from the want of opportunities to exert them."

"Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe."

"It is impossible for us to suppose that a God, who is just, can be the author of a religion which is not just."