I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption

The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete skeptics in religion

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.