morality Quotes

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

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

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.