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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

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The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it.

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They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of th...more

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It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we know that the...more

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Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argu...more

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May it [American independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of ...more

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While the art of printing is left to us science can never be retrograde what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost.

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May it [American independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of ...more

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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, ...more

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Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American e...more

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But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

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The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government.(A plaque with this quota...more

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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.