Do you know where these quotes came from?

“The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.”

"Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed."

"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does include the freedom to make mistakes."

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country."

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward."

"The nine most terrifying words in English are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

"What luck for rulers that men do not think."

"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all."

"Anything too stupid to be said is sung."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison."

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

"Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability."

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