Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: God Quotes

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endured, they one friendship pursued, And their...

For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endured, they one friendship pursued, And their...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with...

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with...

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is...

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

Is it a fact that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, and...

Is it a fact that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, and...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for...

These are the times that try men's souls.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...