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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded ...more

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In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance

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If we could believe that he [Jesus] really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanism which his biographers [Gospels] father on hi...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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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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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.