These are the times that try men’s souls.
THOMAS PAINEThe harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
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When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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