Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.