Men should not petition for rights, but take them

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

A badge (police badge) isnt a hallmark of impunity, its a trademark of justice!

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

It is thus that you may lead a charmed life and be forever protected from all harm; it is thus you may become a positive force whereby conditions of opulence and harmony may be attracted to you.

Art is something that everyone should be able to have access to.

Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media.

It makes me sad that corporations and media and Hollywood conspire to make people feel terrible about their bodies from the second they wake up ,so I sort of try to subversively undercut that.

It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.

My problem is that all things are increasingly interesting to me