If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Quote by Thomas Paine

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Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

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...

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

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...

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.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society

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...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

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...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

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...