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

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

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

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.