An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
THOMAS PAINEReligion 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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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
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If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
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Government is best which governs least.
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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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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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