‘God hath not created anything better than Reason or anything more perfect or more beautiful than Reason; the benefits which God giveth are on its account; and understanding is by it and Gods wrath is caused by disregard of it.’
‘Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.’
‘It is not faith and works; it is not faith or works; it is faith that works.’
‘Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: The first is law the last prerogative.’
‘He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.’
‘The man who listens to Reason is lost; Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.’
‘How comes it to pass then that we appear such cowards in reasoning and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?’
‘To live is like to love all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it.’
‘REASON v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.’
‘Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.’