"They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live."
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."
"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."