He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality on the bench, tyranny on the throne; and with a splendid courage he espoused the cause of the weak against the strong

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes, Injustice Quotes, Tyranny Quotes

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...