"All religions are in their nature mild and benign, and it is only when they are made the instruments of political power that they become sanguinary and oppressive."

"Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived."

"The present state of civilization is as odious as it is unjust."

"The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun."

"It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to conquer America, if she do not conquer herself by delay and disunion."