“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.“

”What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . .”

”bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both.”

”our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it...“

”it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free.”

“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.“

“When a broad table is to be made, and the edges of planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint. In like manner here both sides must part with some of their demands, in order that they may join in some accommodating proposition“

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence“

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech“

“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.“

”The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.“

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.“