It Is A Law, That Every Event

It Is Conceivable That Religion May Be Morally Useful Without Being Intellectually Sustainable.

Both Teachers And Learners Go To Sleep At Their Post As Soon As There Is No Enemy In The Field.

A People May Prefer A Free Government, But If, From Indolence, Or Carelessness, Or Cowardice, Or Want Of Public Spirit, They Are Unequal To The Exertions Necessary For Preserving It. They Are More Or Less Unfit For Liberty; And Although It May Be For Their Good To Have Had It Even For A Short Time, They Are Unlikely Long To Enjoy It

The Strongest Of All Arguments Against The Interference Of The Public With Purely Personal Conduct, Is That When It Does Interfere, The Odds Are That It Interferes Wrongly, And In The Wrong Place.

The Despotism Of Custom Is Everywhere The Standing Hindrance To Human Advancement.