Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
THOMAS PAINEAll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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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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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.
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Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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What is it the Bible teaches us? – raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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