For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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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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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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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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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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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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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
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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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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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