"Every Christian sect gives a great handle to Atheism by their general dogma that, without a revelation, there would not be sufficient proof of the being of god."
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"But every state, says an inquisitor, has established some religion. No two, say I, have established the same. Is this a proof of the infallibility of establishments?"
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"In reviewing the history of the times through which we have passed, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction or reflection, than that which represents the efforts of the friends of religious freedom and the success with which they are crowned."
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"So, ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, in what country on earth would you rather live? — Certainly, in my own, where are all my friends, my relations, and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life. Which would be your second choice? France."
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"Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. - Shall we therefore never do good?"
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"Opinion, and the just maintenance of it, shall never be a crime in my view."
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"Take things always by their smooth handle."
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"Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people."
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"A little revolution is a good thing."
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"All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad."
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"I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor."
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"Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time."
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"the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public."
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"Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country"
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"ours are the only farmers who can read Homer"
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"besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other."
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"what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics."
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"life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health."
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"I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away."
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"We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection."
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