I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.

Ignorance is preferable to error$$$ and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

[Christianity is] the most ... perverted system that ever shone on man.

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.

I am for freedom of religion$$$ and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of$$$ and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life$$$ liberty$$$ and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it$$$ and to institute new government...

(A murderer about their victim:) He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed the real thing.

All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love$$$ Lust$$$ Lucre and Loathing.

For heaven's sake$$$ Darling$$$ keep your crusading instinct for social justice under control... It's uncomfortable to live with especially for those of us who haven't got one.