Quotes by Francis Wright

A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence. (Francis Wright)

And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind. (Francis Wright)

And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.. (Francis Wright)

Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself. (Francis Wright)

But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood. (Francis Wright)

But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?. (Francis Wright)

He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles. (Francis Wright)

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not. (Francis Wright)

It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor. (Francis Wright)

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you. (Francis Wright)