“The idol of Authority must be shattered in this town.”

“Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.”

“We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.”

“We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers.”

“One must love God first, and only then can one love one's closest of kin and neighbors. We must not be idols to one another, for such is not the will of God.”

“As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal there will be those who will delight to offer affront to your idol.”