"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."

"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."

"It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies."

"Government is no farther necessary than to supply the few cases to which society and civilization are not conveniently competent."

"The true method of discovering the will of God, is to discover the works of God."