“It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.”
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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.